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Sun, Dec 1, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 3, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 60% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1818112328
VAN11311108232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:09EDMJosh ArchibaldAssists: Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:34VANBrock BoeserAssists: Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:06VANJosh LeivoAssists: Jordie Benn, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:51EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Alex Chiasson · Deflected, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:46EDMLeon DraisaitlPPGWGAssists: James Neal, Alex Chiasson · Slap, 0.15 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:06EDMEthan Bear: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:54EDMConnor McDavid: Holding2 min
  3. P2 13:24VANLoui Eriksson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 18:47VANLoui Eriksson: Interference2 min · PPG

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
45% to win55% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
28Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals2.1
47Shot attempts62
26Faceoffs won21
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
14Hits19
23Blocked shots9
8Giveaways6
6Takeaways10

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNeal – Archibald – McDavid9:43

    xG 0.55–0.09 (86%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Gagner – Khaira – Draisaitl8:11

    xG 0.22–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Granlund – Russell – Haas6:14

    xG 0.16–0.03 (83%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Sheahan – Nygard4:24

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 5–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bear15:04

    xG 0.75–0.32 (70%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Larsson – Klefbom13:33

    xG 0.21–0.31 (40%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  3. Benning – Jones3:29

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Leivo – Virtanen – Gaudette2:35

    xG 0.03–0.02 (68%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat3:57

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson9:44

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  4. Leivo – Pearson – Horvat2:09

    xG 0.03–0.13 (18%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Benn – Stecher2:13

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Hughes12:26

    xG 0.49–0.52 (48%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Stecher – Fantenberg5:39

    xG 0.06–0.12 (32%)attempts 8–6goals 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.

VAN 2.1 xGEDM 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 47/100 · #608 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 60% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

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