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Mon, Nov 6, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Edmonton Oilers 2, Vancouver Canucks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM12119013243
VAN38117211636

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:42EDMMattias EkholmPPAssists: Sam Gagner, Evander Kane · Slap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:30VANQuinn HughesAssists: Andrei Kuzmenko, Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:22VANPius SuterAssists: Dakota Joshua, Ian Cole · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P1 14:52VANBrock BoeserPPGWGAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:38EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Warren Foegele · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 10:52VANNils HoglanderAssists: Sam Lafferty · Snap, 0.20 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:51VANJ.T. MillerPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Filip Hronek · Slap, 0.06 xG2–5
  8. P3 19:04VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–6
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 4:58VANDakota Joshua: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:44EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 0:00EDMMattias Ekholm: Interference2 min
  4. P2 3:24VANNils Hoglander: Interference2 min
  5. P2 8:11EDMVincent Desharnais: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 5:33VANJ.T. Miller: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 5:33EDMZach Hyman: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 6:16EDMConnor McDavid: Roughing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 6:16EDMLeon Draisaitl: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 11:35VANAnthony Beauvillier: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 13:13EDMRaphael Lavoie: Bench2 min
  12. P3 13:13EDM: Game misconduct head coach0 min
  13. P3 18:40EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMVAN
43Shots on goal36
3.0Expected goals4.1
79Shot attempts60
40Faceoffs won33
3Power plays6
24Penalty minutes8
29Hits28
11Blocked shots19
2Giveaways7
2Takeaways6

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. bestDraisaitl – Foegele – Holloway5:48

    xG 0.84–0.45 (65%)attempts 14–6goals 1–2

  2. Hyman – McDavid – McLeod9:57

    xG 0.49–0.40 (55%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Gagner – Kane – Nugent-Hopkins4:24

    xG 0.04–0.21 (17%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Hamblin – Lavoie4:02

    xG 0.09–0.49 (16%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ekholm – Bouchard15:42

    xG 0.85–0.82 (51%)attempts 20–13goals 0–1

  2. Kulak – Desharnais12:55

    xG 0.68–0.79 (46%)attempts 19–16goals 0–2

  3. Ceci – Nurse12:25

    xG 0.56–0.78 (42%)attempts 18–12goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLafferty – Beauvillier – Hoglander8:12

    xG 0.90–0.31 (74%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Joshua – Garland – Suter6:46

    xG 0.58–0.52 (53%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko8:05

    xG 0.31–0.31 (51%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser11:22

    xG 0.23–0.68 (26%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Soucy8:27

    xG 0.58–0.30 (66%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Hughes4:06

    xG 0.24–0.03 (87%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Soucy – Hronek2:52

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 3–6goals 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 4.1 xGEDM 3.0 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 53/100 · #672 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 67% of the time.

VAN winsEDM wins

Simulated goal difference (VAN − EDM), 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).