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Sat, Nov 30, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 5, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 61% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN21721318538
EDM1711508230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:31VANTyler GraovacPPAssists: Tanner Pearson, Adam Gaudette · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:32VANTanner PearsonSHAssists: J.T. Miller · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:14EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Ethan Bear, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:05EDMZack KassianAssists: Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:47VANTanner PearsonGWGAssists: Bo Horvat, Quinn Hughes · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:04VANLoui ErikssonAssists: Bo Horvat, Tanner Pearson · Snap, 0.21 xG4–2
  7. P3 1:21VANJosh LeivoAssists: Bo Horvat, Jake Virtanen · Wrap-around, 0.09 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 2:04EDMZack Kassian: Charging2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:03VANLoui Eriksson: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:01EDMMarkus Granlund: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 9:40VANTyler Graovac: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 1:30VANAdam Gaudette: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:13EDMEthan Bear: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 20:00Sheahan won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
38Shots on goal30
3.4Expected goals2.7
55Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
15Hits25
16Blocked shots9
15Giveaways15
6Takeaways5

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 – Boeser – Pettersson10:47

    xG 1.19–0.13 (90%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  2. Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat9:09

    xG 0.76–0.33 (70%)attempts 10–7goals 2–1

  3. Leivo – Horvat – Virtanen2:28

    xG 0.34–0.08 (82%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  4. Graovac – Schaller – MacEwen4:28

    xG 0.12–0.29 (29%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes11:07

    xG 1.13–0.30 (79%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Hughes2:05

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Tanev10:10

    xG 0.34–0.27 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGranlund – Russell – Haas6:11

    xG 0.21–0.05 (81%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Gagner – Chiasson10:40

    xG 0.46–0.34 (57%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Sheahan – Archibald – Khaira10:22

    xG 0.27–0.67 (29%)attempts 10–8goals 0–2

  4. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid13:55

    xG 0.32–1.54 (17%)attempts 7–23goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Larsson10:19

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Jones4:55

    xG 0.19–0.07 (72%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom4:59

    xG 0.21–0.15 (58%)attempts 5–4goals 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 2.7 xGVAN 3.4 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 71/100 · #318 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 61% 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).