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Wed, Jan 16, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM2120706051330
VAN151609020222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:35EDMJujhar KhairaSHAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:53VANBrandon SutterPPAssists: Ben Hutton, Markus Granlund · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:03EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:52VANMarkus GranlundUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Markus Granlund stopped
  2. 2. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stopped
  3. 3. VAN Brock Boeser stopped
  4. 4. EDM Connor McDavid stopped
  5. 5. VAN Bo Horvat stopped
  6. 6. EDM Leon Draisaitl stopped
  7. 7. VAN Josh Leivo stopped
  8. 8. EDM Jujhar Khaira stopped
  9. 9. VAN Antoine Roussel stopped
  10. 10. EDM Alex Chiasson scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 7:00EDMConnor McDavid: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:02VANLoui Eriksson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 17:19EDMMatt Benning: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:19VANAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P1 17:19VANAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 5:39EDMLeon Draisaitl: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 15:01EDMCaleb Jones: Concealing puck2 min
  8. P2 17:39EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 8:05VANAlexander Edler: 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
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
30Shots on goal22
2.9Expected goals2.6
58Shot attempts48
28Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
16Hits23
17Blocked shots15
4Giveaways6
1Takeaways5

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. bestBrodziak – Kassian – Rieder6:20

    xG 0.49–0.15 (77%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Draisaitl – McDavid14:27

    xG 0.34–0.33 (51%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto8:59

    xG 0.22–0.32 (41%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Khaira – Cave – Puljujarvi5:07

    xG 0.26–0.53 (33%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManning – Benning8:49

    xG 0.32–0.19 (63%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Jones16:01

    xG 0.47–0.69 (41%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  3. Russell – Nurse15:33

    xG 0.18–0.58 (23%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLeivo – Granlund – Schaller4:02

    xG 0.69–0.18 (79%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Sutter – Roussel – Virtanen8:39

    xG 0.35–0.14 (72%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Beagle – Motte8:56

    xG 0.06–0.06 (49%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Beagle – Roussel – Motte2:40

    xG 0.04–0.05 (44%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHutton – Stecher13:57

    xG 0.83–0.25 (77%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Tanev14:20

    xG 0.37–0.12 (75%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Pouliot13:27

    xG 0.46–0.88 (34%)attempts 11–16goals 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.

VAN 2.6 xGEDM 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 50/100 · #642 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 56% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

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