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Sat, Oct 31, 2009·TD Garden, Boston

Edmonton Oilers 0, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 74% of the time.

BOS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM050707019
BOS0709211227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P3 2:47BOSBlake WheelerGWGAssists: Vladimir Sobotka, Daniel Paille · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P3 7:02BOSVladimir SobotkaAssists: Blake Wheeler, Daniel Paille · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 2:40EDMTheo Peckham: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 9:57BOSShawn Thornton: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 15:08BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 16:17EDMRobert Nilsson: Too many men on the ice2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horcoff won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMBOS
19Shots on goal27
1.0Expected goals2.1
30Shot attempts57
13Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits28
16Blocked shots6
3Giveaways3
0Takeaways2

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

BOS 2.1 xGEDM 1.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1220 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 74% of the time.

BOS winsEDM wins

Simulated goal difference (BOS − EDM), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).