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Sat, Oct 11, 2014·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 4, Vancouver Canucks 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 80% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM21028011000429
VAN15221112051543

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:41EDMBrad HuntPPAssists: Teddy Purcell, David Perron · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:31EDMMark ArcobelloAssists: Teddy Purcell, David Perron · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:50VANHenrik SedinAssists: Daniel Sedin, Alexander Edler · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 2:22EDMNail YakupovAssists: Benoit Pouliot · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:26VANNick BoninoAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Alexandre Burrows · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 8:36EDMJesse JoensuuSHAssists: Mark Arcobello, Mark Fayne · Backhand, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P2 10:48VANRadim VrbataPPAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:06VANLinden VeyPPAssists: Daniel Sedin, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Nick Bonino stopped
  2. 2. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  3. 3. VAN Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. EDM David Perron stopped
  5. 5. VAN Chris Higgins scored
  6. 6. EDM Benoit Pouliot stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:26VANAlexandre Burrows: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:24VANLinden Vey: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:48EDMJordan Eberle: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 7:38EDMTaylor Hall: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:18EDMMatt Hendricks: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 0:54EDMMark Fayne: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 4:25EDMAndrew Ference: Holding2 min
  8. P3 6:20EDMBenoit Pouliot: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 6:20VANDan Hamhuis: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 6:20EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 16:44VANRadim Vrbata: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
29Shots on goal43
2.0Expected goals4.0
49Shot attempts75
34Faceoffs won41
3Power plays7
19Penalty minutes11
23Hits30
12Blocked shots10
8Giveaways8
10Takeaways5

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. bestGordon – Eberle – Hall2:00

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Joensuu7:51

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Purcell – Perron – Arcobello10:10

    xG 0.42–0.59 (42%)attempts 7–10goals 1–2

  4. Pouliot – Yakupov – Draisaitl6:06

    xG 0.12–0.30 (29%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNikitin – Fayne12:35

    xG 0.59–0.33 (64%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Hunt11:08

    xG 0.30–0.59 (34%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Petry13:54

    xG 0.39–0.92 (30%)attempts 12–18goals 2–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Burrows – Bonino9:36

    xG 0.91–0.41 (69%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata11:05

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Richardson – Dorsett – Vey3:27

    xG 0.07–0.04 (66%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Hansen – Matthias – Kassian3:24

    xG 0.03–0.06 (36%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev11:52

    xG 0.61–0.23 (72%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Sbisa10:30

    xG 0.49–0.35 (59%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Stanton – Tanev2:32

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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 4.0 xGEDM 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 94/100 · #58 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 80% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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