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Fri, Mar 18, 2016·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 0, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 51% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN08016016040
EDM081918225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:10EDMJordan EberleGWGAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:03EDMMatt HendricksAssists: Jordan Oesterle, Iiro Pakarinen · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 9:09VANDan Hamhuis: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:50EDMZack Kassian: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 0:58EDMMark Fayne: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 10:47EDMAdam Clendening: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 17:40EDMGriffin Reinhart: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 17:40EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 17:40EDMPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:40VANSven Baertschi: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 17:40VANJared McCann: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 17:40VANJared McCann: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:34VANMatt Bartkowski: Holding2 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
47% to win54% to win
← VAN attackEDM 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.

VANEDM
40Shots on goal25
3.3Expected goals3.3
83Shot attempts47
24Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
10Penalty minutes12
21Hits26
13Blocked shots26
12Giveaways13
3Takeaways9

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. bestVrbata – Burrows – McCann8:51

    xG 0.27–0.09 (75%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Grenier9:21

    xG 0.48–0.48 (50%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Gaunce – Horvat – Virtanen8:38

    xG 0.59–0.72 (45%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  4. Vey – Etem – Baertschi8:32

    xG 0.18–0.80 (18%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Tryamkin14:36

    xG 0.70–0.31 (69%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bartkowski2:14

    xG 0.15–0.11 (58%)attempts 5–1goals 0–1

  3. Bartkowski – Pedan11:15

    xG 0.75–0.72 (51%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Eberle – McDavid10:39

    xG 1.53–0.92 (62%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0

  2. Hendricks – Kassian – Pakarinen2:16

    xG 0.39–0.11 (78%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  3. Hall – Pakarinen – Draisaitl8:17

    xG 0.49–0.34 (59%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov6:40

    xG 0.14–0.14 (51%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestReinhart – Oesterle14:57

    xG 1.38–0.90 (61%)attempts 11–25goals 2–0

  2. Reinhart – Nurse2:34

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Clendening – Nurse11:43

    xG 0.62–0.62 (50%)attempts 11–17goals 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 3.3 xGVAN 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 7/100 · #1175 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 51% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

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