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Sat, Apr 7, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 64% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN110113013022238
EDM17113010033333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:52EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:47VANJussi JokinenAssists: Brendan Leipsic, Michael Del Zotto · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:45VANTyler MotteAssists: Brandon Sutter, Darren Archibald · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:10EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Snap, 0.09 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stopped
  2. 2. VAN Daniel Sedin scored
  3. 3. EDM Connor McDavid scored
  4. 4. VAN Henrik Sedin stopped
  5. 5. EDM Michael Cammalleri scored
  6. 6. VAN Jussi Jokinen scored
  7. 7. EDM Leon Draisaitl scored
  8. 8. VAN Alexander Edler stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:29VANSam Gagner: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:52EDMRyan Strome: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:42EDMZack Kassian: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 12:46EDMDrake Caggiula: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:54VANSam Gagner: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 15:39EDMDrake Caggiula: High sticking2 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 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
38Shots on goal33
3.5Expected goals4.3
69Shot attempts65
32Faceoffs won37
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
19Hits12
15Blocked shots16
11Giveaways13
13Takeaways12

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. bestSedin – Sedin – Gagner10:10

    xG 0.86–0.45 (66%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Leipsic – Gaudette9:45

    xG 0.63–0.46 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  3. Sutter – Archibald – Motte12:33

    xG 0.32–0.62 (34%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  4. Horvat – Virtanen – Goldobin10:44

    xG 0.34–0.70 (33%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Pouliot16:59

    xG 0.91–0.63 (59%)attempts 24–11goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Stecher16:59

    xG 0.58–1.16 (33%)attempts 11–23goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Hutton15:50

    xG 0.52–1.38 (27%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestRattie – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid13:21

    xG 1.07–0.38 (74%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Kassian – Slepyshev10:47

    xG 0.80–0.46 (63%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Strome – Caggiula10:53

    xG 0.70–0.37 (66%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  4. Khaira – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi10:25

    xG 0.26–0.61 (30%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse20:33

    xG 1.86–1.21 (61%)attempts 19–17goals 0–1

  2. Lowe – Benning12:24

    xG 0.46–0.39 (54%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Bear16:15

    xG 0.66–0.63 (51%)attempts 17–20goals 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.

EDM 4.3 xGVAN 3.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 48/100 · #662 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 30% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 64% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

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