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Thu, Nov 6, 2014·TD Garden, Boston

Edmonton Oilers 2, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 51% of the time.

BOS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1701316226
BOS16012414532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:49EDMBoyd GordonPPAssists: Justin Schultz, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.53 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:45BOSReilly SmithAssists: Brad Marchand, David Warsofsky · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:44EDMMark ArcobelloAssists: Nail Yakupov · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:04BOSLoui ErikssonAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Carl Soderberg · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:29BOSCarl SoderbergPPGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:38BOSDougie HamiltonPPAssists: Loui Eriksson, Reilly Smith · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:52BOSMilan LucicENAssists: David Krejci, Dennis Seidenberg · Wrist, 0.60 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:52BOSDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:44EDMMatt Hendricks: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:34BOSDavid Krejci: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P1 0:00BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 3:49EDMNikita Nikitin: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 3:50BOSChris Kelly: Holding2 min
  7. P3 11:58EDMKeith Aulie: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  8. P3 12:29EDMNikita Nikitin: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gordon won the faceoff against Campbell
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMBOS
26Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals2.5
50Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won36
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
16Hits21
14Blocked shots11
7Giveaways2
3Takeaways10

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Arcobello – Yakupov8:11

    xG 0.82–0.10 (89%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Joensuu6:59

    xG 0.21–0.07 (74%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Purcell – Pakarinen – Draisaitl3:57

    xG 0.13–0.11 (55%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins12:42

    xG 0.37–0.41 (48%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Aulie12:04

    xG 0.93–0.19 (83%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Nikitin – Schultz12:12

    xG 0.39–0.38 (50%)attempts 12–9goals 0–2

  3. Fayne – Klefbom13:02

    xG 0.41–0.52 (44%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Smith11:49

    xG 0.60–0.30 (67%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Kelly – Campbell – Paille5:43

    xG 0.01–0.05 (19%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Soderberg – Fraser7:28

    xG 0.08–0.35 (18%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  4. Krejci – Lucic – Griffith7:53

    xG 0.19–0.65 (23%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Hamilton17:26

    xG 0.70–0.52 (58%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  2. Warsofsky – Trotman8:14

    xG 0.21–0.25 (45%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. McQuaid – Morrow15:03

    xG 0.14–0.99 (13%)attempts 9–21goals 0–1

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 2.5 xGEDM 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 67/100 · #355 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 51% 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).