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Tue, Feb 23, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 4, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

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

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM19010310429
VAN31109013333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:06VANBo HorvatAssists: Nate Schmidt, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:06VANTyler MyersUnassisted · Slap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:17VANElias PetterssonAssists: J.T. Miller, Jordie Benn · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P1 18:43EDMDominik KahunAssists: Tyson Barrie, Leon Draisaitl · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:55EDMDominik KahunAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Kailer Yamamoto · Snap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:23EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Alex Chiasson · Snap, 0.28 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:25EDMTyler EnnisGWGAssists: Jujhar Khaira, Adam Larsson · Deflected, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 6:12EDMTyler Ennis: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 10:19VANJ.T. Miller: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:47EDMGaetan Haas: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:47VANAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 4:14VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:37VANTyler Myers: Interference2 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 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
29Shots on goal33
3.9Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts65
27Faceoffs won37
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
29Hits19
18Blocked shots15
3Giveaways9
8Takeaways8

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. bestChiasson – Russell – Haas6:01

    xG 0.30–0.04 (89%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Draisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun11:31

    xG 0.87–0.61 (59%)attempts 12–13goals 2–1

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi13:23

    xG 0.92–0.87 (51%)attempts 17–17goals 0–1

  4. Ennis – Archibald – Khaira9:14

    xG 0.20–0.38 (35%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nurse15:40

    xG 1.58–1.04 (60%)attempts 20–21goals 2–1

  2. Jones – Bouchard10:29

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Larsson17:03

    xG 0.29–0.49 (37%)attempts 13–19goals 1–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSutter – Roussel – Gaudette7:49

    xG 0.75–0.17 (82%)attempts 16–8goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson12:33

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 11–8goals 1–1

  3. Beagle – Virtanen – MacEwen7:48

    xG 0.06–0.26 (20%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

  4. Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander10:52

    xG 0.55–0.92 (38%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Benn – Hughes12:50

    xG 0.86–0.82 (51%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  2. Myers – Juolevi13:00

    xG 0.40–0.37 (51%)attempts 11–14goals 1–1

  3. Myers – Hughes2:06

    xG 0.07–0.12 (36%)attempts 3–1goals 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 3.0 xGEDM 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 85/100 · #137 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).