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Sat, Dec 26, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 1, Vancouver Canucks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM113090803133
VAN061110512224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:55EDMMark LetestuAssists: Lauri Korpikoski, Matt Hendricks · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:37VANJannik HansenAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:01VANJannik HansenGWGAssists: Matt Bartkowski, Jacob Markstrom · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 11:44VANYannick Weber: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 16:55EDMLeon Draisaitl: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 19:32EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min
  4. P3 8:04VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 12:29VANJared McCann: Hooking2 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 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
33Shots on goal24
2.7Expected goals2.3
54Shot attempts52
34Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
9Hits25
10Blocked shots9
6Giveaways11
5Takeaways3

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. bestHendricks – Korpikoski – Letestu8:54

    xG 0.56–0.10 (85%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Purcell – Hall – Draisaitl16:29

    xG 0.59–0.38 (61%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  3. Gazdic – Lander – Pakarinen2:55

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins11:10

    xG 0.17–0.41 (29%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Fayne13:52

    xG 0.45–0.29 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Nikitin – Gryba10:07

    xG 0.48–0.43 (53%)attempts 15–12goals 1–1

  3. Schultz – Nurse17:41

    xG 0.42–0.61 (41%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Baertschi – Horvat10:44

    xG 0.65–0.07 (90%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Prust – Cracknell – Vey7:25

    xG 0.23–0.29 (44%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen12:55

    xG 0.38–0.57 (40%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  4. Dorsett – Kenins – McCann7:39

    xG 0.01–0.27 (4%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Hutton12:19

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Weber – Bartkowski3:22

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

  3. Edler – Bartkowski2:32

    xG 0.06–0.01 (83%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

VAN 2.3 xGEDM 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 50/100 · #581 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 56% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

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