Skip to content
Ice Lab

Tue, Nov 2, 2010·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 4, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 72% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN31101019430
EDM0511229326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:01VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexander Edler · Deflected, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:33VANRaffi TorresAssists: Manny Malhotra, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:13VANRaffi TorresPPAssists: Kevin Bieksa · Tip-in, 0.23 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:16EDMDustin PennerAssists: Andrew Cogliano · Wrap-around, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:48EDMRyan JonesAssists: Zack Stortini, Ladislav Smid · Wrist, 0.48 xG3–2
  6. P3 5:28EDMGilbert BruleAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Ladislav Smid · Slap, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:53VANRaffi TorresGWGAssists: Kevin Bieksa, Roberto Luongo · Backhand, 0.01 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:30EDMLadislav Smid: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:41VANChristian Ehrhoff: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:41EDMTom Gilbert: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 0:31VANRaffi Torres: Interference2 min
  5. P2 14:34EDMJordan Eberle: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 16:34EDMDustin Penner: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 6:54VANAndrew Alberts: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
47% to win53% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malhotra won the faceoff against Cogliano
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
30Shots on goal26
3.8Expected goals2.6
61Shot attempts55
40Faceoffs won30
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits15
15Blocked shots13
15Giveaways21
8Takeaways9

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows11:46

    xG 1.26–0.79 (62%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  2. Samuelsson – Kesler – Raymond12:24

    xG 0.31–0.17 (65%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen11:20

    xG 0.56–0.50 (53%)attempts 10–11goals 2–1

  4. Schaefer – Desbiens – Glass4:16

    xG 0.05–0.61 (8%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Edler14:24

    xG 1.07–0.36 (75%)attempts 19–11goals 0–1

  2. Bieksa – Alberts15:47

    xG 0.89–0.24 (79%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  3. Ballard – Rome14:01

    xG 0.52–1.48 (26%)attempts 9–25goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestFraser – Stortini – Jones6:57

    xG 0.61–0.09 (87%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  2. Penner – Brule – Cogliano8:31

    xG 0.30–0.26 (54%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  3. Horcoff – Eberle – Hall13:15

    xG 0.82–0.79 (51%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Gagner – Paajarvi12:43

    xG 0.33–1.07 (24%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFoster – Whitney2:24

    xG 0.46–0.02 (95%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Strudwick – Smid10:21

    xG 0.93–0.68 (58%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  3. Gilbert – Whitney17:08

    xG 0.46–0.67 (41%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

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 2.6 xGVAN 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #163 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 72% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

Simulated goal difference (EDM − VAN), 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).