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Sat, Oct 5, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 2, Vancouver Canucks 6

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.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM181708223
VAN322212110644

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:58EDMJeff PetryAssists: David Perron, Ladislav Smid · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:42VANBrad RichardsonSHAssists: Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:27VANDan HamhuisAssists: Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P1 18:45VANJannik HansenGWGAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:21VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P2 13:56VANRyan KeslerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–5
  7. P2 15:23EDMBoyd GordonAssists: Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–5
  8. P3 18:15VANJason GarrisonENUnassisted · Snap, 0.41 xG2–6
Penalties (22)
  1. P1 1:02VANJannik Hansen: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 1:02EDMAndrew Ference: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 2:58VANKevin Bieksa: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 6:28EDMAnton Belov: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 8:48EDMAnton Belov: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 19:19VANRyan Kesler: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 19:19EDMWill Acton: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 19:19VANRyan Stanton: Roughing2 min
  9. P1 19:19EDMMike Brown: Roughing2 min
  10. P1 19:19EDMMike Brown: Misconduct10 min
  11. P1 19:19EDMWill Acton: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 6:29EDMTaylor Hall: Boarding2 min · PPG
  13. P2 9:46VANJannik Hansen: Hooking2 min
  14. P2 13:29VANJannik Hansen: Roughing2 min
  15. P2 13:29EDMDavid Perron: Roughing2 min
  16. P2 16:36VANTom Sestito: Roughing2 min
  17. P2 16:36EDMLadislav Smid: Roughing2 min
  18. P2 19:53EDMDavid Perron: Holding the stick2 min
  19. P3 3:32VANTom Sestito: Fighting5 min
  20. P3 3:32EDMLuke Gazdic: Fighting5 min
  21. P3 12:45EDMDavid Perron: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  22. P3 16:24VANAlexander Edler: Holding2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
23Shots on goal44
1.5Expected goals3.5
45Shot attempts74
31Faceoffs won26
3Power plays6
40Penalty minutes24
38Hits22
19Blocked shots10
7Giveaways4
6Takeaways8

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. Perron – Arcobello – Yakupov2:21

    xG 0.06–0.10 (38%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Perron – Eberle – Arcobello4:39

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Gazdic – Acton4:42

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Gordon – Joensuu – Eberle2:33

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Schultz9:22

    xG 0.37–0.32 (54%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Ference – Petry2:11

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Belov6:09

    xG 0.07–0.20 (27%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Hansen7:05

    xG 0.30–0.11 (73%)attempts 9–5goals 2–0

  2. Richardson – Santorelli – Weise5:34

    xG 0.20–0.11 (64%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Kesler – Booth6:02

    xG 0.20–0.29 (41%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStanton – Tanev6:46

    xG 0.31–0.06 (85%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa10:58

    xG 0.48–0.33 (59%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  3. Edler – Garrison5:35

    xG 0.13–0.08 (61%)attempts 3–7goals 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 3.5 xGEDM 1.5 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 42/100 · #663 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 38% (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, 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
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+7

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