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Fri, Dec 13, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 0, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 88% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM040609019
VAN014112314440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:41VANDaniel SedinPPGWGAssists: Jason Garrison, Ryan Kesler · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:26VANZack KassianAssists: David Booth, Jason Garrison · Deflected, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:07VANChris HigginsAssists: Ryan Kesler, Mike Santorelli · Snap, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:25VANDale WeisePPAssists: Yannick Weber, Jason Garrison · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:41VANHenrik Sedin: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 7:39EDMPhilip Larsen: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:39VANHenrik Sedin: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:05EDMMark Arcobello: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 6:28VANHenrik Sedin: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 19:12EDMDavid Perron: Roughing2 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
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
19Shots on goal40
1.5Expected goals4.1
37Shot attempts72
21Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits26
18Blocked shots8
9Giveaways12
5Takeaways14

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. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins2:25

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Gordon – Joensuu – Yakupov7:25

    xG 0.23–0.19 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Gazdic – Gagner3:34

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins11:06

    xG 0.21–0.33 (39%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Schultz13:42

    xG 0.26–0.47 (36%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  2. Ference – Larsen16:51

    xG 0.27–0.77 (26%)attempts 8–21goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Belov15:48

    xG 0.59–1.34 (30%)attempts 10–23goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Booth – Kassian10:15

    xG 1.35–0.46 (74%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen13:13

    xG 0.54–0.22 (71%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  3. Dalpe – Weise – Welsh7:29

    xG 0.35–0.15 (70%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Higgins – Kesler – Santorelli12:45

    xG 0.57–0.46 (55%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Garrison3:35

    xG 0.53–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Tanev15:06

    xG 0.52–0.25 (68%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  3. Bieksa – Stanton15:30

    xG 0.61–0.47 (57%)attempts 15–11goals 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 4.1 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 3/100 · #1158 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 88% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

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