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Sun, Nov 26, 2017·TD Garden, Boston

Edmonton Oilers 4, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 63% of the time.

BOS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM01021729436
BOS1615014225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:03BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Torey Krug, Tuukka Rask · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:50EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Zack Kassian · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:20EDMAdam LarssonAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:31BOSDavid KrejciAssists: Riley Nash, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–2
  5. P3 2:07EDMRyan StromeGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:09EDMLeon DraisaitlENAssists: Connor McDavid, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.65 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:24EDMMichael Cammalleri: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:39BOSFrank Vatrano: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:04EDMRyan Strome: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:41BOSZdeno Chara: Roughing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMBOS
36Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals2.2
50Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won22
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
31Hits27
11Blocked shots5
15Giveaways11
9Takeaways10

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. bestCammalleri – Lucic – McDavid12:50

    xG 0.70–0.45 (61%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Slepyshev13:32

    xG 0.70–0.46 (60%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Draisaitl – Caggiula10:34

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. Letestu – Kassian – Pakarinen7:17

    xG 0.18–0.49 (27%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlefbom – Benning12:21

    xG 1.02–0.56 (64%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Russell – Auvitu13:55

    xG 0.51–0.35 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Nurse19:51

    xG 0.46–0.80 (37%)attempts 15–19goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Nash – Vatrano2:39

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Bergeron – Pastrnak – Heinen12:53

    xG 0.61–0.49 (56%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Szwarz – Schaller – Acciari4:28

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  4. Krejci – Nash – DeBrusk4:21

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChara – Carlo2:31

    xG 0.16–0.03 (85%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Krug – McAvoy4:51

    xG 0.13–0.16 (45%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Chara – McAvoy13:47

    xG 0.61–0.65 (49%)attempts 12–11goals 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 2.2 xGEDM 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #578 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 63% 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).