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Wed, Apr 6, 2016·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 78% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0805214227
EDM07312319638

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:27EDMNail YakupovAssists: Mark Fayne · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:16EDMPatrick MaroonUnassisted · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:26EDMConnor McDavidPPGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:21VANMatt BartkowskiAssists: Alex Biega, Jared McCann · Snap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P3 9:08EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Jordan Eberle, Connor McDavid · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P3 9:26EDMTaylor HallAssists: Adam Pardy, Iiro Pakarinen · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–5
  7. P3 12:09VANBo HorvatAssists: Emerson Etem, Derek Dorsett · Snap, 0.14 xG2–5
  8. P3 18:03EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 7:52EDMConnor McDavid: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:05VANMarkus Granlund: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 14:27EDMMark Fayne: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 17:00VANDerek Dorsett: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 17:00EDMZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 18:04VANChris Tanev: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 10:50EDMNail Yakupov: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 16:21VANNikita Tryamkin: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 3:02EDMMatt Hendricks: Holding2 min
  10. P3 16:51VANDan Hamhuis: Slashing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 19:49EDMAdam Pardy: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:49VANJared McCann: Roughing2 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 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
27Shots on goal38
2.1Expected goals3.9
56Shot attempts54
36Faceoffs won29
4Power plays4
12Penalty minutes12
26Hits20
7Blocked shots15
10Giveaways19
6Takeaways14

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. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen9:20

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Dorsett – Etem – Horvat8:55

    xG 0.67–0.65 (51%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Granlund – Virtanen – McCann7:23

    xG 0.08–0.22 (27%)attempts 5–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Tryamkin8:39

    xG 0.76–0.70 (52%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  2. Hamhuis – Tanev9:41

    xG 0.37–0.50 (43%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  3. Biega – Bartkowski12:53

    xG 0.08–0.59 (13%)attempts 6–15goals 1–2

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Eberle – McDavid10:12

    xG 1.00–0.40 (72%)attempts 13–8goals 2–1

  2. Hall – Pakarinen – Nugent-Hopkins3:00

    xG 0.20–0.15 (57%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  3. Korpikoski – Yakupov – Draisaitl3:09

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Nugent-Hopkins – Yakupov4:58

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Reinhart2:20

    xG 0.43–0.04 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Pardy – Oesterle5:24

    xG 0.45–0.19 (71%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  3. Reinhart – Oesterle10:32

    xG 0.41–0.37 (52%)attempts 6–6goals 1–1

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 3.9 xGVAN 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 41/100 · #704 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 78% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

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