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Sat, Apr 2, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 4, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 57% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM19210115434
VAN01119021141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:46EDMKurtis FosterPPAssists: Ryan Jones, Jordan Eberle · Slap, 0.00 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:53EDMJordan EberlePPGWGAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Kurtis Foster · Slap, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:59EDMLinus OmarkAssists: Teemu Hartikainen, Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P2 15:20VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Henrik Sedin, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:14EDMMagnus PaajarviAssists: Linus Omark, Chris VandeVelde · Snap, 0.20 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:28EDMJordan Eberle: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:03VANAaron Rome: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:41VANVictor Oreskovich: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:11EDMJim Vandermeer: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:32EDMJean-Francois Jacques: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:32VANTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 18:53EDMChris VandeVelde: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 13:46EDMMagnus Paajarvi: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 18:28VANAaron Rome: Elbowing2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brule won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
34Shots on goal41
3.5Expected goals3.1
57Shot attempts63
23Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
13Penalty minutes11
26Hits27
14Blocked shots9
3Giveaways4
8Takeaways4

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. bestCogliano – Omark – Hartikainen13:19

    xG 1.08–0.43 (71%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Jones – VandeVelde – Paajarvi13:01

    xG 0.55–0.22 (72%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  3. Reddox – Brule – Eberle2:45

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Reddox – O'Marra – Eberle7:10

    xG 0.17–0.28 (37%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVandermeer – Petry16:03

    xG 1.44–0.43 (77%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Gilbert – Smid13:30

    xG 0.42–0.57 (43%)attempts 11–17goals 1–1

  3. Foster – Peckham10:22

    xG 0.12–0.29 (30%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestTorres – Hansen – Raymond9:16

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows12:39

    xG 0.43–0.62 (41%)attempts 14–12goals 1–2

  3. Lapierre – Glass – Oreskovich8:16

    xG 0.11–0.49 (18%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Higgins – Kesler – Tambellini9:05

    xG 0.35–1.00 (26%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Ballard13:12

    xG 1.27–0.08 (94%)attempts 19–4goals 0–0

  2. Salo – Sauve9:19

    xG 0.15–0.55 (22%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

  3. Bieksa – Rome14:26

    xG 0.30–0.94 (24%)attempts 12–12goals 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.

VAN 3.1 xGEDM 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 24/100 · #875 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 57% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

Simulated goal difference (VAN − EDM), 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).