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Tue, Apr 5, 2011·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 0, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 53% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0401408026
EDM180618222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:57EDMRyan JonesPPGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Jeff Petry · Deflected, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P3 17:14EDMMagnus PaajarviPPAssists: Linus Omark, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.41 xG0–2
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 18:43VANJannik Hansen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:42EDMLadislav Smid: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 8:42VANAlexandre Burrows: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 11:32VANAlexandre Burrows: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 16:51VANKevin Bieksa: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 0:32EDMJim Vandermeer: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 3:26EDMRyan O'Marra: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 4:16VANDaniel Sedin: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 10:25EDMLinus Omark: Holding2 min
  10. P3 13:05VANRaffi Torres: Elbowing5 min · PPG
  11. P3 13:05EDMRyan O'Marra: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 13:05VANRaffi Torres: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 13:05VANRaffi Torres: Game misconduct10 min
  14. P3 13:55VANAaron Rome: Cross checking2 min
  15. P3 13:55VANAlexandre Burrows: Cross checking2 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 20:00Cogliano won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
26Shots on goal22
3.2Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts37
24Faceoffs won22
3Power plays7
34Penalty minutes13
13Hits18
7Blocked shots15
13Giveaways18
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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestTambellini – Lapierre – Glass5:43

    xG 0.57–0.05 (91%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows8:08

    xG 0.49–0.07 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Torres – Hansen – Raymond6:55

    xG 0.60–0.27 (69%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  4. Samuelsson – Higgins – Kesler9:03

    xG 0.45–0.15 (75%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBallard – Rome4:24

    xG 0.60–0.09 (87%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Salo – Rome2:32

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Sauve4:09

    xG 0.27–0.08 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestReddox – O'Marra – Eberle2:58

    xG 0.13–0.04 (75%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Omark – Paajarvi2:33

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

  3. Jones – VandeVelde – Paajarvi4:40

    xG 0.06–0.15 (29%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Omark – Hartikainen6:12

    xG 0.02–0.43 (4%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Vandermeer – Peckham11:58

    xG 0.44–0.74 (37%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

  2. Smid – Petry13:53

    xG 0.07–0.40 (15%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  3. Strudwick – Foster8:53

    xG 0.26–0.88 (23%)attempts 6–9goals 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 3.1 xGVAN 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1081 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 53% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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