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Sat, Apr 8, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 3, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 74% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM09114212335
VAN01111119231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:01EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Kris Russell · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 16:36VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:04EDMMark LetestuPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom · Deflected, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:20EDMIiro PakarinenGWGAssists: Milan Lucic, Matt Benning · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:20VANAlexander EdlerAssists: Reid Boucher, Michael Chaput · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 5:04EDMDarnell Nurse: Fighting5 min
  2. P2 5:04VANBo Horvat: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 5:04EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 15:06EDMIiro Pakarinen: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 19:28VANReid Boucher: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  6. P3 7:10EDMMilan Lucic: Cross checking2 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
44% to win56% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
35Shots on goal31
4.0Expected goals2.5
58Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
16Hits13
16Blocked shots12
3Giveaways9
5Takeaways5

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 – Kassian – Caggiula10:25

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Maroon – Draisaitl – McDavid13:11

    xG 0.46–0.46 (50%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Desharnais – Pakarinen7:52

    xG 0.07–0.20 (27%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins10:48

    xG 0.40–0.86 (32%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenning – Nurse10:34

    xG 0.77–0.37 (67%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Sekera – Russell14:21

    xG 0.53–0.19 (73%)attempts 17–10goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom16:10

    xG 0.66–0.52 (56%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoucher – Horvat – Boeser9:58

    xG 0.58–0.24 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Sutter – Chaput – Megna11:10

    xG 0.22–0.10 (70%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Goldobin11:15

    xG 0.12–0.59 (17%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Tryamkin11:48

    xG 0.72–0.48 (60%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Sbisa – Tanev12:19

    xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Stecher8:57

    xG 0.14–0.48 (23%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

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 2.5 xGEDM 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 38/100 · #721 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 74% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).