Worth the replay?

1. #1

   BruinsatRangers

   NHL· NHL NetOvertimeDown to the wireBack and forth

   B+

   69/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension30/30

   Swings21/25

   Comeback8/20

   Decided late15/15

   Back-and-forth10/10

   Overtime+8

   Drama 92 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 69

2. #2

   DucksatOilers

   NHL· ESPN+

   D

   25/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension13/30

   Swings13/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth7/10

   Drama 33 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 25

3. #3

   MammothatLightning

   NHL· ESPN+

   D

   20/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension18/30

   Swings7/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late1/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 27 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 20

4. #4

   IslandersatFlyers

   NHL· ESPN+One-sided

   D

   8/100
   ▸ Why this grade

   Late tension1/30

   Swings9/25

   Comeback0/20

   Decided late0/15

   Back-and-forth0/10

   Drama 10 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 8

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.