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Fri, Mar 14, 2025·UBS Arena, Elmont

Edmonton Oilers 2, New York Islanders 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 80% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM017180713235
NYI060111503125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 8:46EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor Brown, Evan Bouchard · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:21NYIBo HorvatUnassisted · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. OT 3:53EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Calvin Pickard · Snap, 0.26 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:39EDMConnor McDavid: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 19:40EDMLeon Draisaitl: Embellishment2 min
  3. P1 19:40NYIPierre Engvall: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:43EDMLeon Draisaitl: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:01NYITony DeAngelo: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 18:25NYIScott Mayfield: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 5:57EDMCorey Perry: High sticking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYI
35Shots on goal25
4.1Expected goals2.1
72Shot attempts48
16Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
10Hits21
10Blocked shots22
19Giveaways17
5Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Brown – Draisaitl8:10

    xG 1.22–0.29 (81%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Hyman – McDavid5:05

    xG 0.24–0.01 (95%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Skinner – Janmark – Kapanen6:51

    xG 0.12–0.05 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Arvidsson – Podkolzin9:17

    xG 0.43–0.37 (54%)attempts 13–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Emberson10:54

    xG 0.77–0.17 (82%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Walman – Bouchard14:02

    xG 0.72–0.35 (67%)attempts 18–5goals 1–0

  3. Nurse – Stecher12:39

    xG 0.55–0.41 (57%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. MacLean – Gatcomb – Tsyplakov7:23

    xG 0.02–0.17 (11%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  2. Cizikas – Fasching – Engvall11:17

    xG 0.35–0.64 (35%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Lee – Pageau – Holmstrom7:55

    xG 0.01–0.35 (2%)attempts 1–9goals 0–1

  4. Palmieri – Duclair – Horvat11:32

    xG 0.38–0.95 (28%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Romanov2:45

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Pelech – Dobson13:59

    xG 0.50–0.62 (45%)attempts 8–15goals 0–1

  3. Mayfield – Pulock10:31

    xG 0.20–0.44 (32%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NYI 2.1 xGEDM 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYIEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NYI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NYI is favoured, below it EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 45/100 · #711 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 80% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

Simulated goal difference (NYI − EDM), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).