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Mon, Feb 4, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN0611511217340
EDM181401102225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:38EDMAles HemskyPPAssists: Nail Yakupov, Sam Gagner · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:08EDMRyan SmythSHAssists: Anton Lander · Deflected, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:41VANJannik HansenAssists: Jordan Schroeder, Chris Higgins · Snap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:43VANKevin BieksaAssists: Mason Raymond, Jannik Hansen · Slap, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:40VANChris TanevGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Snap, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:46EDMNail Yakupov: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 8:25VANAaron Volpatti: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 17:04VANHenrik Sedin: Boarding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:15EDMJordan Eberle: Holding2 min
  5. P2 6:59EDMNail Yakupov: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 6:17VANJordan Schroeder: Holding2 min
  7. P3 7:04EDMRyan Smyth: Interference2 min
  8. P3 13:35VANKeith Ballard: Hooking2 min
  9. OT 2:47VANDaniel Sedin: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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
43% to win57% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lapierre won the faceoff against Gagner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
40Shots on goal25
2.7Expected goals2.1
73Shot attempts48
44Faceoffs won19
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
19Hits17
15Blocked shots23
15Giveaways11
13Takeaways7

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 – Kassian5:30

    xG 0.60–0.11 (84%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Burrows – Raymond – Schroeder4:50

    xG 0.27–0.08 (77%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows8:28

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  4. Hansen – Raymond – Schroeder7:37

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 6–7goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Edler15:58

    xG 0.96–0.14 (87%)attempts 25–9goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Garrison15:19

    xG 0.65–0.37 (64%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

  3. Ballard – Tanev11:42

    xG 0.30–0.64 (32%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Smyth – Horcoff – Petrell5:06

    xG 0.22–0.24 (48%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  2. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins12:50

    xG 0.65–0.68 (49%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Hartikainen – Lander – Paajarvi6:58

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Smyth – Petrell – Lander3:06

    xG 0.07–0.21 (25%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry8:27

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Petry4:09

    xG 0.21–0.17 (56%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Smid – Schultz6:43

    xG 0.17–0.16 (51%)attempts 2–8goals 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.

EDM 2.1 xGVAN 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #132 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 62% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).