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Thu, Oct 16, 2025·UBS Arena, Elmont

Edmonton Oilers 2, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 58% of the time.

NYI winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1811609233
NYI1111727425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:23NYIMathew BarzalUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:40EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, David Tomasek · Snap, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:53EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Ty Emberson · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:56NYIBo HorvatSHAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Ryan Pulock · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:14NYIBo HorvatPPGWGAssists: Mathew Barzal, Matthew Schaefer · Snap, 0.16 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:51NYIBo HorvatENAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Emil Heineman · Wrist, 0.82 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:45NYIAdam Pelech: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:03EDMConnor McDavid: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:20NYIScott Mayfield: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:14EDMDavid Tomasek: Holding2 min
  5. P2 17:01NYIAlexander Romanov: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 2:27EDMMattias Ekholm: Interference2 min
  7. P3 4:11NYIEmil Heineman: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 11:18EDMTroy Stecher: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 15:07EDMTrent Frederic: High sticking2 min · PPG

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
47% to win53% to win
← EDM attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Barzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMNYI
33Shots on goal25
3.7Expected goals4.2
63Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won25
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
7Hits18
13Blocked shots13
17Giveaways12
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. bestKapanen – Frederic – Podkolzin7:30

    xG 0.42–0.10 (81%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Roslovic9:14

    xG 0.56–0.38 (59%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Draisaitl – Mangiapane – McDavid3:26

    xG 0.15–0.19 (44%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Mangiapane – McDavid – Tomasek6:31

    xG 0.17–0.35 (33%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Emberson10:32

    xG 0.66–0.30 (69%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Nurse – Stecher13:54

    xG 0.46–0.45 (51%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Ekholm – Bouchard13:43

    xG 0.87–1.11 (44%)attempts 18–19goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestPalmieri – Duclair – Barzal13:08

    xG 0.85–0.65 (57%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Drouin – Horvat – Heineman7:59

    xG 0.13–0.11 (55%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Lee – Pageau – Shabanov8:01

    xG 0.25–0.55 (31%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  4. Cizikas – MacLean – Holmstrom6:05

    xG 0.05–0.47 (10%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock11:46

    xG 0.59–0.52 (53%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. DeAngelo – Romanov13:14

    xG 0.79–0.83 (49%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Mayfield – Schaefer10:19

    xG 0.26–0.45 (36%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

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 4.2 xGEDM 3.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 59/100 · #594 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 58% 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).