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Wed, Nov 19, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 5, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 51% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN11031516531
EDM04315113432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:41VANJannik HansenSHAssists: Shawn Matthias · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:02VANRadim VrbataPPAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:43EDMSteven PinizzottoUnassisted · Snap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:39VANChris HigginsAssists: Nick Bonino · Snap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:32EDMTeddy PurcellPPAssists: Mark Arcobello · Slap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P2 11:43EDMBoyd GordonAssists: Matt Hendricks, Steven Pinizzotto · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P2 17:10VANRadim VrbataPPAssists: Yannick Weber, Daniel Sedin · Snap, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 6:21EDMAndrew FerenceAssists: Justin Schultz, Taylor Hall · Slap, 0.02 xG4–4
  9. P3 11:32VANYannick WeberGWGAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.23 xG5–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 2:27VANDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:27EDMSteven Pinizzotto: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:40EDMNikita Nikitin: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 12:01EDMBoyd Gordon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P1 14:46VANKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 14:46EDMAndrew Ference: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 14:46VANKevin Bieksa: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P2 1:59EDMSteven Pinizzotto: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 11:30VANAlexandre Burrows: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P2 15:48EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. P3 2:33VANDerek Dorsett: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 3:35VANAlexandre Burrows: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 9:07VANRyan Stanton: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 13:43EDMTaylor Hall: 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 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
31Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts59
37Faceoffs won24
5Power plays5
20Penalty minutes20
17Hits18
14Blocked shots15
11Giveaways19
8Takeaways6

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. bestHiggins – Burrows – Bonino8:36

    xG 0.80–0.11 (88%)attempts 15–6goals 1–2

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata11:27

    xG 0.48–0.34 (59%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  3. Hansen – Dorsett – Horvat5:57

    xG 0.08–0.33 (19%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

  4. Richardson – Matthias – Kassian12:06

    xG 0.38–0.80 (32%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Weber11:49

    xG 0.72–0.51 (59%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Bieksa – Stanton11:17

    xG 0.62–0.47 (57%)attempts 12–12goals 1–2

  3. Edler – Tanev14:03

    xG 0.22–0.26 (46%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPouliot – Purcell – Draisaitl7:41

    xG 0.56–0.29 (66%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Pinizzotto6:31

    xG 0.66–0.41 (62%)attempts 10–6goals 2–2

  3. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins12:47

    xG 0.20–0.32 (38%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  4. Perron – Arcobello – Yakupov7:37

    xG 0.00–0.61 (0%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAulie – Schultz9:19

    xG 0.79–0.39 (67%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  2. Nikitin – Schultz2:30

    xG 0.22–0.08 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Nikitin – Petry3:02

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

EDM 2.7 xGVAN 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 96/100 · #42 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.45 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 51% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
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-3
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-1
0
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+7

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