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Wed, Oct 2, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01219112233
EDM190627322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:42EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Zack Kassian, Matt Benning · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:58VANAlexander EdlerAssists: Brock Boeser, J.T. Miller · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:41VANTanner PearsonAssists: Tyler Myers, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:52EDMZack KassianAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:37EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Matt Benning · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:58VANJ.T. Miller: Holding2 min
  2. P2 4:31EDMColby Cave: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  3. P2 9:57EDMJoakim Nygard: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 12:14VANMicheal Ferland: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 15:43EDMMatt Benning: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 5:31EDMJoakim Nygard: Too many men on the ice2 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
45% to win55% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
33Shots on goal22
3.3Expected goals2.0
71Shot attempts44
25Faceoffs won24
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
21Hits24
17Blocked shots18
11Giveaways17
6Takeaways12

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. bestMiller – Pearson – Horvat9:39

    xG 0.74–0.42 (64%)attempts 17–6goals 1–1

  2. Ferland – Boeser – Pettersson9:21

    xG 0.51–0.27 (65%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Beagle – Schaller – Virtanen5:51

    xG 0.12–0.09 (58%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Sutter – Virtanen2:12

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Myers13:56

    xG 0.61–0.51 (54%)attempts 20–10goals 0–1

  2. Tanev – Hughes14:58

    xG 0.58–0.51 (53%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  3. Benn – Stecher9:02

    xG 0.31–0.41 (43%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl7:10

    xG 0.66–0.37 (64%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid6:39

    xG 0.37–0.22 (63%)attempts 7–4goals 2–0

  3. Chiasson – Granlund – Haas2:02

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Neal – McDavid – Nygard5:11

    xG 0.19–0.42 (31%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlefbom – Bear11:37

    xG 0.86–0.25 (77%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Klefbom2:00

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Nurse – Bear2:28

    xG 0.05–0.07 (40%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

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 2.0 xGVAN 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 64/100 · #394 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

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