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Fri, Oct 17, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01211513230
EDM01001107028

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:49VANRadim VrbataGWGAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:45VANDaniel SedinENAssists: Henrik Sedin, Radim Vrbata · Snap, 0.54 xG2–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:52VANDerek Dorsett: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 19:23VANZack Kassian: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:13EDMMark Arcobello: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:26VANHenrik Sedin: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 16:07EDMJeff Petry: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 18:34VANDan Hamhuis: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 10:07EDMJesse Joensuu: 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
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Arcobello won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
30Shots on goal28
2.2Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts58
31Faceoffs won37
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits22
19Blocked shots17
11Giveaways19
13Takeaways10

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. bestSedin – Sedin – Vrbata11:16

    xG 0.38–0.25 (60%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Hansen – Dorsett – Matthias6:46

    xG 0.07–0.04 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Burrows – Bonino8:57

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Kassian – Vey10:22

    xG 0.22–0.65 (25%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Sbisa6:21

    xG 0.36–0.19 (65%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Tanev12:43

    xG 0.41–0.45 (48%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Stanton4:47

    xG 0.10–0.15 (39%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Gordon – Joensuu8:26

    xG 0.64–0.09 (87%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Perron – Draisaitl8:20

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins2:44

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Purcell – Arcobello – Yakupov3:45

    xG 0.03–0.13 (21%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Petry13:58

    xG 0.43–0.36 (54%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Nikitin – Schultz14:55

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Fayne – Marincin11:26

    xG 0.31–0.42 (43%)attempts 10–17goals 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 2.2 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 11/100 · #1084 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 54% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

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