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Thu, Feb 25, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 3, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM09112213334
VAN01301504032

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:41EDMAlex ChiassonPPGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P3 12:35EDMJesse PuljujarviPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:37EDMConnor McDavidENAssists: Kailer Yamamoto · Wrist, 0.70 xG3–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:49VANJake Virtanen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 6:33EDMJosh Archibald: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 9:07VANJake Virtanen: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:47VANAlexander Edler: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:47EDMAdam Larsson: Holding2 min
  6. P2 0:00EDMEthan Bear: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 8:58EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 11:09VANAntoine Roussel: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 16:07VANBo Horvat: Holding2 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 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
34Shots on goal32
4.5Expected goals3.2
57Shot attempts69
29Faceoffs won22
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
17Hits17
21Blocked shots16
2Giveaways4
8Takeaways6

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. bestDraisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun10:49

    xG 0.55–0.48 (53%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – McDavid – Haas2:15

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Ennis – Archibald – Khaira8:58

    xG 0.18–0.39 (31%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi9:14

    xG 0.40–0.86 (32%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nurse7:06

    xG 0.53–0.38 (59%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Bouchard7:48

    xG 0.27–0.21 (56%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Larsson14:02

    xG 0.37–0.59 (39%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoeser – Pettersson – Hoglander9:14

    xG 0.69–0.16 (81%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Pearson – Horvat – Virtanen8:04

    xG 0.65–0.46 (58%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Miller – Gaudette7:21

    xG 0.43–0.27 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Beagle – Roussel – Hawryluk2:54

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hughes9:12

    xG 0.88–0.52 (63%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Schmidt13:53

    xG 0.49–0.28 (63%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Benn7:53

    xG 0.39–0.43 (47%)attempts 13–6goals 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 3.2 xGEDM 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #758 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 71% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

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