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Wed, Jan 13, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 5, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 65% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN18117310535
EDM07114210331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:32VANBo HorvatAssists: Tanner Pearson · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:39EDMKailer YamamotoAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:19VANNils HoglanderAssists: Tanner Pearson, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:10EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Zack Kassian, Ethan Bear · Snap, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:53VANAdam GaudetteAssists: Antoine Roussel, Travis Hamonic · Slap, 0.18 xG3–2
  6. P3 3:44VANBrock BoeserGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–2
  7. P3 8:18EDMAdam LarssonAssists: Caleb Jones, Dominik Kahun · Slap, 0.04 xG4–3
  8. P3 13:46VANBrock BoeserAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:39EDMKailer Yamamoto: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:53VANJake Virtanen: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 10:01VANTravis Hamonic: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 18:08VANTravis Hamonic: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 15:45VANAlexander Edler: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 18:11EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Hooking2 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 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
35Shots on goal31
3.1Expected goals4.1
62Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
19Hits18
14Blocked shots17
6Giveaways10
5Takeaways4

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. bestPearson – Horvat – Hoglander10:48

    xG 1.14–0.21 (84%)attempts 18–6goals 2–0

  2. Roussel – Gaudette – MacEwen6:37

    xG 0.30–0.21 (59%)attempts 4–2goals 1–1

  3. Sutter – Beagle – Motte9:05

    xG 0.64–0.57 (53%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  4. Virtanen – Boeser – Pettersson11:55

    xG 0.33–0.41 (45%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Schmidt12:58

    xG 0.93–0.44 (68%)attempts 14–10goals 2–1

  2. Myers – Juolevi8:04

    xG 0.40–0.10 (80%)attempts 11–2goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Hamonic2:56

    xG 0.36–0.24 (61%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun12:03

    xG 0.94–0.61 (61%)attempts 14–13goals 2–1

  2. Turris – Archibald – Puljujarvi7:39

    xG 0.24–0.36 (40%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

  3. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid12:46

    xG 0.73–0.91 (44%)attempts 10–15goals 1–2

  4. Ennis – Chiasson – Khaira6:03

    xG 0.00–0.51 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bear18:50

    xG 1.12–1.01 (53%)attempts 14–17goals 2–1

  2. Barrie – Koekkoek12:59

    xG 0.94–0.98 (49%)attempts 12–22goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Jones12:27

    xG 0.30–0.56 (35%)attempts 9–11goals 1–3

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 4.1 xGVAN 3.1 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 82/100 · #165 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.01 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 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 65% 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).