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Thu, Oct 11, 2018·TD Garden, Boston

Edmonton Oilers 1, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 86% of the time.

BOS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1110609126
BOS31507110432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:43EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Ty Rattie, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:20BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Matt Grzelcyk · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:37BOSBrad MarchandPPGWGAssists: Matt Grzelcyk, Patrice Bergeron · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P1 15:13BOSJoakim NordstromAssists: David Krejci · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:25BOSPatrice BergeronENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.70 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:12EDMAdam Larsson: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:54EDMJujhar Khaira: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:45BOSCharlie McAvoy: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:19EDMOscar Klefbom: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 3:33EDMJujhar Khaira: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 3:33BOSKevan Miller: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 7:27EDMDrake Caggiula: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 7:27BOSDavid Backes: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 18:24BOSDanton Heinen: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 11:07EDMJesse Puljujarvi: High sticking2 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
26Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals4.6
43Shot attempts52
20Faceoffs won33
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
27Hits21
8Blocked shots11
11Giveaways10
12Takeaways21

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. Lucic – Draisaitl – Yamamoto10:10

    xG 0.14–0.27 (33%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  2. Strome – Puljujarvi – Caggiula7:35

    xG 0.08–0.25 (24%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Rieder – Khaira6:49

    xG 0.03–0.25 (11%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Rattie – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid11:46

    xG 0.31–0.54 (36%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bouchard3:11

    xG 0.31–0.02 (95%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Nurse2:26

    xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Benning – Nurse9:34

    xG 0.17–0.18 (49%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak10:28

    xG 0.48–0.21 (69%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  2. Krejci – Nordstrom – DeBrusk11:20

    xG 0.32–0.11 (74%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari8:15

    xG 0.39–0.42 (48%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Backes – Heinen – Bjork7:01

    xG 0.02–0.44 (4%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMiller – Grzelcyk10:51

    xG 0.45–0.17 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Miller2:30

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Chara – McAvoy15:45

    xG 0.62–0.44 (59%)attempts 15–15goals 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 4.6 xGEDM 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #906 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 86% of the time.

BOS winsEDM wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).