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Sat, Jan 20, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 86% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0829010227
EDM28112215535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:25EDMPatrick MaroonAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:59EDMJujhar KhairaAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Leon Draisaitl · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:46VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Alexander Edler, Brock Boeser · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:56VANBrandon SutterAssists: Sven Baertschi, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:54EDMJesse PuljujarviGWGAssists: Adam Larsson, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:37EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Milan Lucic · Snap, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 17:17EDMPatrick MaroonENAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.66 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:38EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 11:47VANAlexander Edler: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 19:57EDMDarnell Nurse: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:20VANJake Virtanen: Holding2 min
  5. P3 5:59EDMMatt Benning: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 7:57VANLoui Eriksson: Tripping2 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
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Khaira won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
27Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals5.0
59Shot attempts57
38Faceoffs won20
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
24Hits36
14Blocked shots17
12Giveaways12
13Takeaways14

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. bestEriksson – Dowd – Gaunce7:03

    xG 0.83–0.12 (88%)attempts 16–2goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen5:45

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Granlund – Baertschi5:53

    xG 0.05–0.05 (50%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  4. Sutter – Baertschi – Boeser2:09

    xG 0.04–0.09 (31%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Stecher16:21

    xG 1.30–0.61 (68%)attempts 30–8goals 0–2

  2. Pouliot – Hutton13:45

    xG 0.29–0.59 (33%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Tanev13:02

    xG 0.19–1.16 (14%)attempts 5–18goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi10:58

    xG 1.05–0.27 (80%)attempts 12–11goals 2–1

  2. Letestu – Kassian – Pakarinen6:26

    xG 0.11–0.03 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Strome – Khaira10:39

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – McDavid – Caggiula13:25

    xG 0.83–1.13 (42%)attempts 10–21goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse16:00

    xG 2.15–0.31 (87%)attempts 23–9goals 3–0

  2. Russell – Klefbom2:06

    xG 0.16–0.01 (93%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Russell10:17

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

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 5.0 xGVAN 2.4 xG
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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 70/100 · #407 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 86% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

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