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Wed, Oct 13, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 63% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN010012213031238
EDM11411109002334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:55EDMJesse PuljujarviAssists: Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:12EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:28VANOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Nils Hoglander, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:11VANQuinn HughesAssists: Nils Hoglander, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Leon Draisaitl stopped
  2. 2. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  3. 3. EDM Connor McDavid stopped
  4. 4. VAN J.T. Miller stopped
  5. 5. EDM Tyson Barrie stopped
  6. 6. VAN Conor Garland stopped
  7. 7. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored
  8. 8. VAN Bo Horvat scored
  9. 9. EDM Kyle Turris scored
  10. 10. VAN Tanner Pearson stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P2 3:24EDMRyan McLeod: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 6:47VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 13:15EDMColton Sceviour: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 13:15VANTyler Myers: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 13:15EDMColton Sceviour: Instigator2 min
  6. P2 13:15EDMColton Sceviour: Misconduct10 min
  7. P2 16:17VANConor Garland: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 19:17EDMZach Hyman: Holding2 min
  9. P3 6:14EDMKris Russell: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 10:59EDMTyson Barrie: Tripping2 min · PPG
  11. OT 5:00VANBo Horvat: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
38Shots on goal34
3.2Expected goals4.0
61Shot attempts62
19Faceoffs won34
5Power plays2
11Penalty minutes25
29Hits21
17Blocked shots17
11Giveaways16
7Takeaways7

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. bestDickinson – Highmore – Hoglander7:20

    xG 0.52–0.30 (63%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Pettersson – Podkolzin2:20

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Dowling – Lammikko – Podkolzin3:47

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Pettersson – Hoglander2:51

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Rathbone10:27

    xG 0.63–0.55 (53%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Poolman3:22

    xG 0.06–0.03 (66%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Poolman – Hughes14:53

    xG 0.57–0.79 (42%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto10:11

    xG 0.73–0.05 (94%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi16:55

    xG 1.09–0.97 (53%)attempts 16–15goals 1–1

  3. Sceviour – Foegele – Ryan6:06

    xG 0.67–0.61 (52%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Perlini – McLeod4:42

    xG 0.08–0.03 (75%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Bouchard11:09

    xG 1.00–0.56 (64%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Ceci12:40

    xG 0.48–0.22 (69%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Nurse17:48

    xG 1.01–1.04 (49%)attempts 20–18goals 1–1

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 4.0 xGVAN 3.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 71/100 · #449 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 63% 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).