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Sat, Jan 21, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 4, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 78% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM21019110429
VAN01017112229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:26EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:31EDMZach HymanPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:26EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P2 16:46VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:26VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Quinn Hughes, Conor Garland · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:25EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsENAssists: Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.77 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:41VANLane Pederson: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:57VANLane Pederson: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:57EDMDylan Holloway: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 5:47EDMDerek Ryan: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 12:00EDMWarren Foegele: High sticking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pettersson won the faceoff against McLeod
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
29Shots on goal29
4.2Expected goals2.3
45Shot attempts49
29Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits22
12Blocked shots7
4Giveaways6
6Takeaways5

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 – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid11:54

    xG 1.01–0.21 (83%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  2. Kane – Draisaitl – Ryan6:59

    xG 0.35–0.02 (96%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi2:27

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. McDavid – Puljujarvi – Kostin2:42

    xG 0.21–0.21 (51%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Kulak10:35

    xG 1.06–0.34 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Ceci – Nurse12:23

    xG 0.82–0.46 (64%)attempts 10–11goals 2–1

  3. Kulak – Desharnais3:44

    xG 0.14–0.07 (66%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko11:34

    xG 0.83–0.46 (64%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Boeser – Pederson – Studnicka9:18

    xG 0.48–0.35 (58%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Lazar – Joshua – Lockwood10:37

    xG 0.33–0.51 (39%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Horvat – Garland11:24

    xG 0.17–0.59 (22%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Myers – Stillman2:11

    xG 0.03–0.03 (55%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Dermott – Stillman9:56

    xG 0.37–0.54 (41%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Hughes14:20

    xG 0.45–0.67 (40%)attempts 9–7goals 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.

VAN 2.3 xGEDM 4.2 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 63/100 · #530 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (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 78% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
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-4
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).