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Sat, Oct 14, 2023·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 4, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 89% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN271613416
EDM18218014340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:42EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:25VANAndrei KuzmenkoPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:51VANNils HoglanderAssists: Brock Boeser, Tyler Myers · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:45EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:36VANJack StudnickaAssists: Elias Pettersson · Snap, 0.13 xG3–2
  6. P2 9:29EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid · Snap, 0.08 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:56VANSam LaffertyGWGAssists: Nils Hoglander · Snap, 0.19 xG4–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:03VANFilip Hronek: Holding2 min
  2. P1 8:37EDMZach Hyman: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:12VANDakota Joshua: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:04VANConor Garland: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:08VANNoah Juulsen: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 16:55VANIan Cole: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 18:24EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  8. P3 7:02VANFilip Hronek: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 8:10VANPhillip Di Giuseppe: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 9:35EDMConnor McDavid: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
16Shots on goal40
1.9Expected goals4.8
33Shot attempts88
30Faceoffs won28
3Power plays7
14Penalty minutes6
36Hits39
25Blocked shots9
21Giveaways19
8Takeaways8

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. bestGarland – Pettersson – Kuzmenko4:44

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Lafferty – Studnicka – Hoglander2:52

    xG 0.00–0.22 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Joshua – Beauvillier – Suter9:04

    xG 0.18–0.48 (27%)attempts 3–14goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser8:42

    xG 0.11–1.23 (8%)attempts 5–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes3:22

    xG 0.13–0.02 (86%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Hronek4:49

    xG 0.20–0.10 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Cole – Juulsen2:07

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl9:41

    xG 1.10–0.33 (77%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  2. Foegele – McLeod – Holloway7:34

    xG 0.81–0.44 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Kane – Brown – McDavid11:04

    xG 0.45–0.19 (70%)attempts 18–2goals 0–1

  4. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid2:07

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse15:10

    xG 1.95–0.58 (77%)attempts 33–11goals 1–1

  2. Kulak – Broberg10:41

    xG 0.30–0.17 (65%)attempts 8–3goals 0–1

  3. Nurse – Broberg2:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 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 4.8 xGVAN 1.9 xG
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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 79/100 · #327 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 89% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

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

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