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Thu, Mar 9, 2023·TD Garden, Boston

Edmonton Oilers 3, Boston Bruins 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 66% of the time.

BOS winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM051829322
BOS21008010228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:51BOSBrad MarchandAssists: David Pastrnak, Brandon Carlo · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:59BOSDavid PastrnakAssists: David Krejci · Slap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:44EDMEvan BouchardAssists: Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:08EDMRyan McLeodAssists: Devin Shore · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:11EDMDarnell NurseGWGAssists: Cody Ceci, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:47EDMZach Hyman: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:03EDMEvander Kane: Holding2 min
  3. P3 8:43BOSPatrice Bergeron: Holding2 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
49% to win51% to win
← EDM attackBOS 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.

EDMBOS
22Shots on goal28
3.1Expected goals2.3
42Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won23
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
31Hits33
13Blocked shots11
11Giveaways8
10Takeaways3

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. bestShore – Ryan – McLeod6:46

    xG 0.49–0.16 (75%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto9:26

    xG 0.41–0.11 (79%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  3. Kane – Hyman – McDavid9:29

    xG 0.13–0.20 (40%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

  4. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl2:02

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Nurse2:11

    xG 0.25–0.19 (57%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  2. Kulak – Desharnais11:23

    xG 0.30–0.29 (50%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

  3. Ceci – Nurse17:14

    xG 0.45–0.56 (45%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestHathaway – Nosek – Greer6:11

    xG 0.38–0.05 (88%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Coyle – Bertuzzi – Frederic10:00

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Pastrnak – Zacha11:55

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  4. Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk9:27

    xG 0.61–0.58 (51%)attempts 10–9goals 1–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Grzelcyk6:13

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Carlo13:05

    xG 0.54–0.33 (62%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

  3. Orlov – McAvoy11:52

    xG 0.56–0.44 (56%)attempts 8–9goals 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 2.3 xGEDM 3.1 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 65/100 · #518 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 66% 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).