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Tue, Jan 21, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1911305227
EDM06011112129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:14VANKellan LainAssists: Dale Weise, Tom Sestito · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:59VANZack KassianGWGAssists: Ryan Kesler, Daniel Sedin · Snap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 15:00EDMJordan EberleAssists: Taylor Hall, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 13:57EDMRyan Jones: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 13:57VANKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:08VANZac Dalpe: Holding2 min
  4. P2 0:32EDMRyan Smyth: Interference2 min
  5. P2 5:35VANJannik Hansen: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 8:50VANChris Higgins: Elbowing2 min
  7. P2 11:47EDMNick Schultz: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 14:13VANKevin Bieksa: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 8:34EDMTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 12:42EDMJordan Eberle: High sticking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Gordon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
27Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts53
24Faceoffs won36
4Power plays4
13Penalty minutes13
13Hits28
14Blocked shots13
11Giveaways16
6Takeaways9

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. bestSestito – Weise – Lain4:33

    xG 0.27–0.02 (92%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Burrows – Kesler12:04

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Hansen – Dalpe7:04

    xG 0.40–0.28 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Booth – Kassian5:04

    xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Garrison2:42

    xG 0.18–0.02 (89%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Tanev14:47

    xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Garrison8:50

    xG 0.41–0.37 (53%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Hendricks – Gordon8:17

    xG 0.41–0.17 (70%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Gagner – Perron5:04

    xG 0.10–0.11 (49%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins11:18

    xG 0.37–0.44 (46%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  4. Joensuu – Gazdic – Arcobello2:45

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Schultz16:31

    xG 0.77–0.50 (61%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Marincin14:19

    xG 0.65–0.44 (59%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

  3. Schultz – Potter8:45

    xG 0.05–0.57 (8%)attempts 3–15goals 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 2.4 xGVAN 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 12/100 · #1058 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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