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Sat, Apr 9, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 3, Vancouver Canucks 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM010116212002338
VAN1120428043428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:01VANDerek DorsettAssists: Matt Bartkowski · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:46EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Nail Yakupov, Lauri Korpikoski · Slap, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:21VANEmerson EtemAssists: Derek Dorsett · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:46EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Taylor Hall, Iiro Pakarinen · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:52VANJannik HansenAssists: Matt Bartkowski, Alex Biega · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:33EDMPatrick MaroonPPAssists: Nail Yakupov, Mark Letestu · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. VAN Bo Horvat stopped
  3. 3. EDM Matt Hendricks stopped
  4. 4. VAN Alexandre Burrows scored
  5. 5. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored
  6. 6. VAN Jannik Hansen stopped
  7. 7. EDM Connor McDavid stopped
  8. 8. VAN Markus Granlund stopped
  9. 9. EDM Lauri Korpikoski stopped
  10. 10. VAN Daniel Sedin stopped
  11. 11. EDM Leon Draisaitl scored
  12. 12. VAN Jake Virtanen scored
  13. 13. EDM Patrick Maroon stopped
  14. 14. VAN Emerson Etem scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 10:32VANBo Horvat: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 18:28EDMAdam Pardy: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:35VANNikita Tryamkin: Holding2 min
  4. P2 10:46EDMTaylor Hall: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 17:05VANBen Hutton: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:33VANDerek Dorsett: Misconduct10 min
  7. OT 4:53EDMTaylor Hall: Slashing2 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
38Shots on goal28
3.6Expected goals2.4
56Shot attempts55
33Faceoffs won39
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes16
19Hits16
14Blocked shots9
5Giveaways6
5Takeaways9

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. bestHall – Pakarinen – Nugent-Hopkins8:49

    xG 0.50–0.30 (62%)attempts 10–8goals 1–2

  2. Korpikoski – Yakupov – Draisaitl11:13

    xG 0.64–0.50 (56%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian8:15

    xG 0.18–0.10 (63%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Eberle – McDavid14:05

    xG 0.37–0.75 (33%)attempts 7–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPardy – Nurse13:52

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  2. Sekera – Fayne16:21

    xG 0.74–0.67 (53%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Reinhart – Oesterle14:11

    xG 0.56–0.61 (48%)attempts 8–17goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHansen – Granlund – Zalewski10:27

    xG 0.40–0.22 (64%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows14:19

    xG 0.57–0.49 (54%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Gaunce – Kenins – Virtanen7:54

    xG 0.28–0.23 (55%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Dorsett – Etem – Horvat9:55

    xG 0.34–0.54 (38%)attempts 11–8goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Tanev14:06

    xG 0.63–0.41 (61%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Hutton – Tryamkin16:40

    xG 0.70–0.89 (44%)attempts 14–15goals 1–1

  3. Biega – Bartkowski13:51

    xG 0.33–0.62 (35%)attempts 14–13goals 2–1

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.

VAN 2.4 xGEDM 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 94/100 · #68 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.80 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 70% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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