Worth the replay?

1. #1

   Golden KnightsatKings

   NHL· TNT/HBO Max/truTVOvertimeDown to the wire

   B

   59/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings20/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth7/10

   Overtime+8

   Drama 79 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 59

2. #2

   KrakenatDevils

   NHL· ESPN+OvertimeDown to the wire

   C+

   52/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings10/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth7/10

   Overtime+8

   Drama 70 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 52

3. #3

   FlyersatSabres

   NHL· TNT/HBO Max/truTVOne-sided

   D

   9/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension4/30

   Swings8/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 12 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 9

4. #4

   SenatorsatRangers

   NHL· ESPN+One-sided

   D

   6/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension0/30

   Swings8/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 8 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 6

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.