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Sun, Oct 18, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 2, Vancouver Canucks 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM15080912224
VAN11301001001134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:23EDMNail YakupovPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Mark Letestu · Slap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:43VANMatt BartkowskiAssists: Sven Baertschi, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:46EDMLauri KorpikoskiGWGAssists: Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:12VANDerek Dorsett: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 16:15EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 2:50VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:38EDMNail Yakupov: Interference2 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
47% 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
24Shots on goal34
2.2Expected goals2.6
37Shot attempts56
15Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits25
9Blocked shots6
4Giveaways17
9Takeaways5

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. bestLetestu – Klinkhammer – Gazdic2:18

    xG 0.21–0.03 (88%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Klinkhammer – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins9:38

    xG 0.51–0.36 (59%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Letestu – Gazdic – Slepyshev4:39

    xG 0.10–0.10 (49%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Purcell – Lander10:45

    xG 0.16–0.23 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Fayne15:03

    xG 0.90–0.34 (73%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  2. Schultz – Klefbom16:28

    xG 0.42–0.63 (40%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Gryba – Reinhart17:48

    xG 0.15–0.41 (27%)attempts 6–17goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Vrbata2:12

    xG 0.19–0.07 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen13:25

    xG 0.55–0.53 (51%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Burrows – Sutter10:23

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Baertschi – Horvat – Virtanen6:34

    xG 0.25–0.41 (38%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev19:38

    xG 0.76–0.47 (62%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bartkowski14:03

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Sbisa – Hutton14:32

    xG 0.42–0.79 (35%)attempts 11–9goals 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 2.6 xGEDM 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 37/100 · #796 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).