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Sat, Apr 13, 2024·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 3, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 63% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1911315327
EDM01311208133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:44VANSam LaffertyAssists: Nikita Zadorov, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:00VANPius SuterGWGAssists: Tyler Myers · Tip-in, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:48EDMEvander KaneAssists: Connor Brown, Darnell Nurse · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:13VANDakota JoshuaENAssists: Elias Lindholm, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.64 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:08VANJ.T. Miller: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:17VANTyler Myers: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:00EDMCorey Perry: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 8:14EDMEvander Kane: 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
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
27Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals3.6
47Shot attempts66
30Faceoffs won26
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
47Hits36
21Blocked shots8
6Giveaways5
4Takeaways6

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. bestBlueger – Lafferty – Podkolzin8:14

    xG 0.38–0.31 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Hoglander – Mikheyev9:39

    xG 0.14–0.11 (57%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Joshua – Garland10:41

    xG 0.41–0.42 (49%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Boeser – Suter9:38

    xG 0.35–1.00 (26%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Zadorov14:22

    xG 0.80–0.14 (86%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Hughes2:15

    xG 0.04–0.05 (46%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Soucy14:31

    xG 0.35–0.68 (34%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl14:09

    xG 0.92–0.28 (76%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Kane – Foegele10:30

    xG 0.43–0.24 (64%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Carrick – Brown – Janmark8:08

    xG 0.46–0.44 (52%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Henrique – Kane2:00

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Desharnais12:50

    xG 1.17–0.19 (86%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Kulak – Bouchard2:11

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Nurse14:56

    xG 0.55–0.60 (48%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

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 3.6 xGVAN 2.8 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 20/100 · #1077 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 63% 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).