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Sat, Apr 12, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 64% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01817117242
EDM252918522

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:14EDMRoman HorakAssists: Steven Pinizzotto, Will Acton · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:17EDMJeff PetryAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:14EDMWill ActonGWGAssists: Philip Larsen, Steven Pinizzotto · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–3
  4. P2 5:25VANShawn MatthiasAssists: Zack Kassian · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:06EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Justin Schultz, Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:35EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Martin Marincin, Taylor Hall · Deflected, 0.23 xG1–5
  7. P3 19:49VANZack KassianAssists: Brad Richardson, Shawn Matthias · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:32VANNicklas Jensen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:47EDMDavid Perron: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 7:51VANRyan Stanton: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:27VANAlexander Edler: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 15:54VANJason Garrison: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:06EDMRyan Smyth: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:06VANRyan Kesler: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 16:21EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Slashing2 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 Lander
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
42Shots on goal22
4.3Expected goals3.3
78Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won26
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
12Hits12
15Blocked shots23
12Giveaways19
7Takeaways8

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. bestRichardson – Matthias – Kassian8:41

    xG 1.29–0.30 (81%)attempts 18–7goals 2–2

  2. Burrows – Kesler – Booth6:34

    xG 0.77–0.31 (72%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Hansen – Schroeder – Zalewski5:12

    xG 0.18–0.02 (90%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Booth – Hansen – Schroeder3:49

    xG 0.17–0.07 (72%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStanton – Corrado14:47

    xG 1.71–0.45 (79%)attempts 27–13goals 2–1

  2. Hamhuis – Garrison13:56

    xG 0.94–0.78 (55%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Weber13:40

    xG 0.64–0.55 (54%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:14

    xG 1.27–0.53 (71%)attempts 15–10goals 2–0

  2. Hendricks – Pinizzotto – Acton7:27

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  3. Smyth – Perron – Lander10:17

    xG 0.21–0.89 (19%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fraser – Belov6:26

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Petry – Belov3:00

    xG 0.07–0.09 (43%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Petry – Marincin10:20

    xG 0.97–1.00 (49%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

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.

EDM 3.3 xGVAN 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 41/100 · #673 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 64% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

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