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Sun, Apr 9, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 85% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN061417217
EDM114212218544

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:46EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:00VANNikolay GoldobinAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:10EDMJordan EberleUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:46EDMDrake CaggiulaGWGAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:31EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Milan Lucic · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:50EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.21 xG1–5
  7. P3 2:35VANNikita TryamkinAssists: Bo Horvat · Slap, 0.04 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:32EDMEric Gryba: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 10:32VANBen Hutton: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 17:09VANNikita Tryamkin: Roughing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 17:19VANAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 9:00EDMMatt Benning: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 11:34VANChris Tanev: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:25VANBen Hutton: Holding2 min
  8. P3 9:29VANBen Hutton: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
44% to win56% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
17Shots on goal44
1.6Expected goals4.0
41Shot attempts66
37Faceoffs won33
1Power plays5
15Penalty minutes7
14Hits23
12Blocked shots12
11Giveaways17
10Takeaways14

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 – Goldobin10:47

    xG 0.38–0.67 (36%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  2. Sutter – Chaput – Megna10:34

    xG 0.05–0.49 (9%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

  3. Boucher – Horvat – Boeser12:11

    xG 0.38–1.00 (28%)attempts 10–14goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. Sbisa – Stecher2:04

    xG 0.05–0.06 (43%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Hutton – Tryamkin9:39

    xG 0.33–0.47 (41%)attempts 5–8goals 2–0

  3. Edler – Stecher8:03

    xG 0.19–0.52 (27%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – McDavid – Caggiula8:53

    xG 1.08–0.22 (83%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  2. Lucic – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins8:48

    xG 0.66–0.32 (67%)attempts 11–6goals 2–1

  3. Hendricks – Kassian – Slepyshev11:26

    xG 0.33–0.14 (70%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Desharnais – Pakarinen9:37

    xG 0.11–0.19 (37%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Benning14:34

    xG 0.85–0.32 (73%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Klefbom15:53

    xG 1.09–0.69 (61%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  3. Russell – Gryba12:13

    xG 0.55–0.16 (77%)attempts 17–10goals 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 4.0 xGVAN 1.6 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 42/100 · #660 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.99 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 85% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

Simulated goal difference (EDM − VAN), 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).