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Wed, Oct 12, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 3, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 51% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN21411408336
EDM0837210525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:49VANElias PetterssonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 2:40VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:39VANAndrei KuzmenkoPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Bo Horvat · Tip-in, 0.13 xG3–0
  4. P2 4:12EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 14:01EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:19EDMDarnell NurseSHAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Slap, 0.16 xG3–3
  7. P3 15:01EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:35EDMConnor McDavidENAssists: Evander Kane, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.77 xG3–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:17EDMConnor McDavid: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 16:25EDMJesse Puljujarvi: Holding2 min
  3. P1 0:00EDMDarnell Nurse: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:54VANTanner Pearson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:21EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:55VANAndrei Kuzmenko: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:31EDMDylan Holloway: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 18:26EDMConnor McDavid: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 5:35EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  10. P3 5:50VANTanner Pearson: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 16:25EDMEvander Kane: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  12. P3 17:46VANBrock Boeser: High sticking2 min · PPG

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
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
36Shots on goal25
3.3Expected goals3.5
63Shot attempts49
37Faceoffs won34
8Power plays4
8Penalty minutes16
31Hits39
17Blocked shots16
10Giveaways17
9Takeaways11

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. bestPettersson – Hoglander – Kuzmenko8:22

    xG 0.48–0.06 (89%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  2. Lazar – Joshua – Aman4:28

    xG 0.11–0.07 (63%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Pearson – Boeser9:42

    xG 0.21–0.48 (31%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  4. Horvat – Garland – Podkolzin8:37

    xG 0.41–0.75 (35%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Stillman7:47

    xG 0.62–0.20 (75%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Poolman10:55

    xG 0.60–0.21 (74%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Poolman2:47

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi4:20

    xG 0.57–0.17 (77%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – McLeod – Holloway3:46

    xG 0.24–0.01 (96%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid6:17

    xG 0.27–0.07 (81%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Nugent-Hopkins – Puljujarvi4:10

    xG 0.10–0.02 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse14:12

    xG 0.96–0.41 (70%)attempts 17–13goals 1–1

  2. Murray – Bouchard12:32

    xG 0.60–0.67 (47%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  3. Barrie – Kulak9:27

    xG 0.00–0.50 (0%)attempts 3–15goals 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.

EDM 3.5 xGVAN 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 90/100 · #170 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.77 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 51% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).