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Tue, Jan 24, 2012·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 83% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM0121918031232
VAN1907111082335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:24VANDaniel SedinAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:43EDMShawn HorcoffAssists: Taylor Hall, Ales Hemsky · Slap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:00VANDavid BoothAssists: Ryan Kesler, Chris Higgins · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:49EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Corey Potter, Ales Hemsky · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Alexander Edler scored
  2. 2. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  3. 3. VAN Mason Raymond stopped
  4. 4. EDM Sam Gagner stopped
  5. 5. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  6. 6. EDM Ales Hemsky scored
  7. 7. VAN Ryan Kesler stopped
  8. 8. EDM Taylor Hall stopped
  9. 9. VAN Cody Hodgson scored
  10. 10. EDM Shawn Horcoff stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 2:07EDMEric Belanger: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 5:10EDMJeff Petry: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 14:58VANDan Hamhuis: Interference2 min · PPG

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
45% to win55% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Horcoff
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
32Shots on goal35
1.5Expected goals3.4
51Shot attempts69
34Faceoffs won17
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
24Hits18
23Blocked shots13
7Giveaways7
9Takeaways12

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. bestHordichuk – Jones – Lander3:50

    xG 0.19–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Horcoff – Hemsky – Hall14:22

    xG 0.68–0.87 (44%)attempts 11–18goals 1–2

  3. Smyth – Belanger – Paajarvi12:52

    xG 0.08–0.61 (12%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Eberle – Hartikainen14:27

    xG 0.12–0.91 (12%)attempts 7–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Potter – Petry2:13

    xG 0.01–0.08 (7%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Sutton – Peckham16:39

    xG 0.55–0.77 (41%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  3. Smid – Petry15:26

    xG 0.44–0.73 (38%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Kesler – Booth13:13

    xG 0.80–0.34 (70%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows14:00

    xG 0.57–0.14 (80%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  3. Hansen – Raymond – Hodgson10:10

    xG 0.13–0.20 (39%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Malhotra – Lapierre – Weise6:38

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Bieksa20:16

    xG 0.93–0.28 (77%)attempts 20–10goals 2–0

  2. Ballard – Rome12:25

    xG 0.84–0.43 (66%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  3. Salo – Edler17:06

    xG 0.46–0.27 (63%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

VAN 3.4 xGEDM 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 57/100 · #508 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 83% 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).