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Wed, Feb 19, 2020·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Boston Bruins 2, Edmonton Oilers 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 65% of the time.

EDM winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BOS1100901411234
EDM020181900129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:28BOSPatrice BergeronAssists: Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P3 3:42EDMSam GagnerPPAssists: Ethan Bear, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:14BOSDavid PastrnakGWGAssists: David Krejci, Torey Krug · Backhand, 0.17 xG2–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 10:56EDMEthan Bear: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 15:12BOSJoakim Nordstrom: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:07EDMKailer Yamamoto: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P2 3:37EDMAdam Larsson: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 6:49BOSTorey Krug: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:56BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 12:15EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P3 1:59BOSKarson Kuhlman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 5:25EDMKailer Yamamoto: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P3 9:34BOSJoakim Nordstrom: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 11:10EDMDarnell Nurse: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 17:30BOSDavid Pastrnak: Tripping2 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.

BOS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← BOS attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Krejci
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSEDM
34Shots on goal29
4.3Expected goals3.3
68Shot attempts49
21Faceoffs won34
7Power plays6
12Penalty minutes14
22Hits22
12Blocked shots19
15Giveaways16
7Takeaways8

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak5:54

    xG 1.11–0.04 (96%)attempts 14–1goals 1–0

  2. Coyle – Heinen – Bjork4:59

    xG 0.14–0.19 (42%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – DeBrusk – Kuhlman8:04

    xG 0.11–0.17 (40%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly5:49

    xG 0.11–0.82 (12%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrzelcyk – Lauzon8:30

    xG 0.94–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Chara – McAvoy12:21

    xG 1.11–0.51 (69%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Carlo2:04

    xG 0.07–0.10 (41%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Chiasson – Haas6:27

    xG 0.23–0.12 (66%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Khaira – Cave – Russell3:04

    xG 0.03–0.00 (89%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto11:52

    xG 0.99–1.11 (47%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

  4. Sheahan – Archibald – Benson5:50

    xG 0.07–0.23 (24%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Jones14:12

    xG 1.03–0.53 (66%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Benning – Lagesson6:21

    xG 0.22–0.07 (75%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Nurse – Bear11:09

    xG 0.19–1.41 (12%)attempts 4–16goals 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.

EDM 3.3 xGBOS 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMBOS

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #425 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Boston Bruins win this game 65% of the time.

EDM winsBOS wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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