Worth the replay?
Wednesday, October 28'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 →▸ Why this grade
Late tension2/30Swings14/25Comeback8/20Decided late0/15Back-and-forth8/10Drama 31 × pre-game weight 0.64 (pre-game Watchability 28) = 20
▸ Why this grade
Late tension0/30Swings9/25Comeback1/20Decided late0/15Back-and-forth0/10Drama 11 × pre-game weight 0.66 (pre-game Watchability 32) = 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.