Worth the replay?
Tuesday, June 2's games ranked by how good they turned out to be: late drama, comebacks, lead swaps and overtime. No scores, no winners, so you can decide what to watch without spoilers.
Best games of the season →- #1Golden KnightsatHurricanesNHL· ABCDown to the wireBack and forthB64/100
▸ Why this grade
Late tension30/30Swings20/25Comeback14/20Decided late12/15Back-and-forth10/10Drama 86 × pre-game weight 0.75 (pre-game Watchability 50, estimated) = 64
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.