Worth the replay?

1. #1

   KrakenatIslanders

   NHL· ESPN+OvertimeDown to the wire

   C+

   46/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings9/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Overtime+8

   Drama 62 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 46

2. #2

   BruinsatSharks

   NHL· ESPN+

   D

   25/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension20/30

   Swings9/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late4/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 34 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 25

3. #3

   AvalancheatBlackhawks

   NHL· NHL Net

   D

   21/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension20/30

   Swings4/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late4/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 29 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 21

4. #4

   FlamesatCanucks

   NHL· ESPN+One-sided

   D

   16/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension1/30

   Swings11/25

   Comeback6/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 21 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 16

5. #5

   HurricanesatSabres

   NHL· NHL NetOne-sided

   D

   13/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension5/30

   Swings9/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth3/10

   Drama 17 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 13

6. #6

   WildatJets

   NHL· ESPN+One-sided

   D

   7/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension1/30

   Swings9/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 9 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 7

Ranked from each game's win probability as it was played (ESPN's for football and basketball; ours, from the goals, for hockey): how in doubt it was near the end, how far the winner came back from, how late it was decided, how big its momentum swings were and how often a team erased a deficit, with a bonus for overtime. That drama is then weighted by how good a matchup it was going in (its pre-game Watchability score), so a thriller between top teams ranks above an equally wild game between minor ones.