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Mon, Feb 27, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Boston Bruins 3, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 60% of the time.

EDM winsBOS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
BOS2101909328
EDM171908224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:17EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:30BOSTomas NosekAssists: Garnet Hathaway, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:06BOSNick FolignoAssists: Charlie Coyle, Dmitry Orlov · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:20EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Klim Kostin, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:30BOSPavel ZachaGWGAssists: David Pastrnak, Derek Forbort · Poke, 0.07 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 7:18BOSHampus Lindholm: Holding2 min
  2. P2 10:05EDMKlim Kostin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:52BOSPatrice Bergeron: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:36EDMKailer Yamamoto: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 15:30EDMKlim Kostin: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P3 17:34EDMVincent Desharnais: Slashing2 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
49% to win51% to win
← BOS attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Bergeron
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BOSEDM
28Shots on goal24
3.6Expected goals3.0
57Shot attempts51
21Faceoffs won28
5Power plays1
4Penalty minutes10
23Hits22
15Blocked shots20
21Giveaways17
10Takeaways12

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.

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestBergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk9:08

    xG 0.53–0.40 (57%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Hathaway – Nosek – Greer4:41

    xG 0.13–0.13 (50%)attempts 1–5goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Coyle – Frederic7:31

    xG 0.44–0.49 (47%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  4. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha8:35

    xG 0.20–0.47 (30%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Clifton11:10

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – McAvoy2:04

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Orlov – McAvoy15:24

    xG 0.66–0.83 (44%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Yamamoto2:10

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid7:35

    xG 0.58–0.32 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  3. Ryan – Puljujarvi – Kostin3:43

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

  4. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid3:42

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouchard – Broberg5:44

    xG 0.48–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Barrie – Nurse2:55

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Bouchard3:12

    xG 0.33–0.18 (64%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

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 3.0 xGBOS 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #774 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
BOS 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 60% of the time.

EDM winsBOS wins

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

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