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Sat, Mar 13, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 1, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM013110012135
VAN04113111228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:59VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Tanner Pearson, J.T. Miller · Backhand, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:59EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:23VANTyler MyersGWGAssists: Jordie Benn, Nils Hoglander · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 2:06EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 8:47VANNils Hoglander: Holding2 min
  3. P2 12:00EDMTyler Ennis: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:43VANJ.T. Miller: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:21VANAlexander Edler: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:30VANTanner Pearson: 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.

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 Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
35Shots on goal28
3.5Expected goals3.2
72Shot attempts59
23Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits24
19Blocked shots25
1Giveaways10
5Takeaways8

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 – McDavid – Yamamoto16:55

    xG 1.16–0.64 (65%)attempts 23–21goals 0–0

  2. Ennis – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi10:26

    xG 0.49–0.20 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Archibald – Haas7:43

    xG 0.18–0.02 (92%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Shore – Khaira – Russell8:14

    xG 0.09–0.35 (21%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nurse19:26

    xG 1.20–0.64 (65%)attempts 26–20goals 0–0

  2. Bear – Jones11:44

    xG 0.54–0.24 (70%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  3. Larsson – Lagesson15:32

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Hoglander8:48

    xG 0.28–0.17 (61%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Sutter – Hawryluk – Michaelis8:47

    xG 0.10–0.12 (47%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Gaudette – MacEwen4:03

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Pearson – Horvat – Virtanen11:43

    xG 0.50–0.72 (41%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hughes17:05

    xG 0.46–0.23 (67%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Benn11:38

    xG 0.24–0.34 (41%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Schmidt17:53

    xG 0.60–1.42 (30%)attempts 18–26goals 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 3.5 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 28/100 · #596 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 55% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

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