Skip to content
Ice Lab

Fri, Apr 29, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 71% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN11701417030241
EDM06011214021333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:31VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Brad Hunt, Conor Garland · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 0:31EDMBrett KulakAssists: Kailer Yamamoto · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:35VANConor GarlandAssists: Quinn Hughes, Luke Schenn · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:10EDMTyson BarrieAssists: Zack Kassian, Derick Brassard · Snap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stopped
  2. 2. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  3. 3. EDM Evander Kane stopped
  4. 4. VAN J.T. Miller stopped
  5. 5. EDM Kailer Yamamoto stopped
  6. 6. VAN Brock Boeser stopped
  7. 7. EDM Derick Brassard stopped
  8. 8. VAN Vasily Podkolzin stopped
  9. 9. EDM Tyson Barrie stopped
  10. 10. VAN Conor Garland stopped
  11. 11. EDM Devin Shore scored
  12. 12. VAN Oliver Ekman-Larsson stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 7:26EDMBrett Kulak: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 18:19EDMEvander Kane: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P3 15:05VANAlex Chiasson: 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 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
41Shots on goal33
4.9Expected goals3.4
76Shot attempts63
29Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
14Hits21
19Blocked shots17
17Giveaways15
13Takeaways12

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. bestChiasson – Miller – Garland13:20

    xG 1.39–0.44 (76%)attempts 18–13goals 2–1

  2. Petan – Lammikko – Dries8:52

    xG 0.61–0.56 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Boeser – Pettersson – Podkolzin12:20

    xG 0.85–0.81 (51%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Dickinson – Highmore8:13

    xG 0.13–0.44 (22%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Dermott15:22

    xG 1.19–0.76 (61%)attempts 17–19goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Hughes15:31

    xG 0.89–0.50 (64%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Ekman-Larsson15:39

    xG 0.42–1.26 (25%)attempts 13–17goals 0–2

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Kassian – Archibald9:17

    xG 0.67–0.22 (75%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Hyman – Shore – Puljujarvi5:02

    xG 0.30–0.24 (55%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Puljujarvi – McLeod4:17

    xG 0.10–0.18 (36%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Hyman – Shore – Yamamoto4:29

    xG 0.12–0.23 (34%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Kulak12:43

    xG 0.81–0.35 (70%)attempts 19–7goals 1–1

  2. Keith – Ceci3:01

    xG 0.07–0.04 (65%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Barrie15:32

    xG 1.16–1.32 (47%)attempts 21–17goals 1–0

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.

EDM 3.4 xGVAN 4.9 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 70/100 · #462 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 71% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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