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Thu, Apr 4, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 0, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 61% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0507011023
VAN1131926428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:21VANKevin BieksaPPGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Jason Garrison · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:26VANHenrik SedinAssists: Daniel Sedin, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:47VANChris HigginsAssists: Derek Roy, Jannik Hansen · Deflected, 0.07 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:56VANZack KassianAssists: Maxim Lapierre, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.34 xG0–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:08VANMaxim Lapierre: Interference2 min
  2. P1 10:59EDMTaylor Hall: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 14:11EDMMagnus Paajarvi: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 15:05EDMJordan Eberle: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 1:07VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 10:55EDMNick Schultz: Interference2 min
  7. P2 17:24EDMRyan Whitney: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 1:15VANAlexander Edler: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 13:30VANDan Hamhuis: 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Eberle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
23Shots on goal28
1.8Expected goals2.4
44Shot attempts49
27Faceoffs won27
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
22Hits26
12Blocked shots10
3Giveaways8
8Takeaways16

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. bestHorcoff – Jones – Yakupov8:21

    xG 0.25–0.01 (96%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins12:11

    xG 0.66–0.76 (46%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  3. Smyth – Brown – Petrell5:09

    xG 0.09–0.22 (29%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Gagner – Paajarvi9:59

    xG 0.04–0.38 (9%)attempts 1–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Smid – Petry15:33

    xG 0.45–0.43 (51%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  2. Whitney – Potter10:02

    xG 0.16–0.55 (23%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Schultz13:19

    xG 0.44–0.91 (33%)attempts 9–15goals 0–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRoy – Higgins – Hansen8:42

    xG 0.45–0.04 (91%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows9:00

    xG 0.60–0.40 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Sestito – Ebbett – Pinizzotto4:06

    xG 0.19–0.05 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Kassian2:19

    xG 0.02–0.02 (43%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Garrison12:26

    xG 0.89–0.34 (72%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Bieksa – Edler11:07

    xG 0.49–0.47 (51%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Barker – Tanev11:12

    xG 0.02–0.30 (5%)attempts 2–15goals 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 2.4 xGEDM 1.8 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #651 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 61% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

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