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Mon, May 3, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 5, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 77% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM110311111532
VAN1101518323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:41EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:04VANNate SchmidtAssists: J.T. Miller, Nils Hoglander · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:18EDMTyson BarrieAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:33EDMConnor McDavidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:16VANJ.T. MillerUnassisted · Backhand, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:15EDMDominik KahunGWGAssists: Dmitry Kulikov, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:33VANBrock BoeserAssists: Bo Horvat · Snap, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:00EDMConnor McDavidENAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Josh Archibald · Wrist, 0.62 xG5–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 1:51VANQuinn Hughes: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:02EDMJosh Archibald: Tripping2 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 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
32Shots on goal23
3.8Expected goals2.1
65Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won29
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
13Hits19
17Blocked shots17
9Giveaways6
7Takeaways5

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. bestNugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto – Kahun13:49

    xG 1.14–0.16 (88%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi15:07

    xG 0.71–0.34 (68%)attempts 19–12goals 3–0

  3. Neal – Chiasson – Khaira5:43

    xG 0.19–0.21 (48%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  4. Ennis – Archibald – McLeod5:18

    xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nurse17:52

    xG 1.36–0.77 (64%)attempts 26–18goals 3–1

  2. Kulikov – Larsson18:22

    xG 0.89–0.58 (60%)attempts 18–10goals 1–0

  3. Bear – Jones12:06

    xG 0.27–0.30 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Hoglander13:07

    xG 0.63–0.38 (62%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  2. Boyd – Pearson – Lind2:20

    xG 0.09–0.08 (53%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Boyd – Vesey – MacEwen6:41

    xG 0.07–0.19 (26%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Graovac – Hawryluk – Highmore6:15

    xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamonic – Hughes18:13

    xG 0.61–0.75 (45%)attempts 12–16goals 0–2

  2. Myers – Juolevi12:16

    xG 0.52–0.92 (36%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Schmidt17:14

    xG 0.50–1.06 (32%)attempts 17–25goals 1–2

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 3.8 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 68/100 · #272 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 77% 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).