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Sat, Oct 30, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 2, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 72% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM112111011234
VAN0809113130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:39EDMWarren FoegelePPAssists: Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:20EDMLeon DraisaitlPPGWGAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:53VANBrock BoeserAssists: J.T. Miller, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 9:40VANTyler Myers: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 17:53VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 16:59EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 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
48% to win52% 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
34Shots on goal30
4.0Expected goals2.6
60Shot attempts61
27Faceoffs won27
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
19Hits25
15Blocked shots13
5Giveaways9
1Takeaways7

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. bestHyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi14:13

    xG 1.22–0.45 (73%)attempts 20–14goals 0–0

  2. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto14:23

    xG 0.21–0.34 (39%)attempts 6–14goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Foegele – Ryan9:39

    xG 0.34–0.52 (40%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Turris – Shore – Benson6:05

    xG 0.04–0.53 (7%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNurse – Bouchard21:06

    xG 1.61–0.51 (76%)attempts 27–12goals 0–0

  2. Keith – Ceci18:12

    xG 0.46–0.63 (42%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Koekkoek11:15

    xG 0.34–0.69 (33%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPearson – Horvat – Garland2:02

    xG 0.12–0.06 (65%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Dickinson – Garland – Podkolzin6:26

    xG 0.24–0.22 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander7:38

    xG 0.05–0.16 (25%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Chiasson – Bailey – Lammikko6:22

    xG 0.13–0.45 (22%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Rathbone10:38

    xG 0.93–0.49 (66%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Ekman-Larsson14:23

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hughes3:35

    xG 0.06–0.22 (21%)attempts 7–3goals 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 2.6 xGEDM 4.0 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 12/100 · #1176 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 72% 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).