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Thu, Jan 23, 2025·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Vancouver Canucks 2, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 96% of the time.

EDM winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01124011226
EDM31321417634

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:52EDMZach HymanAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:21EDMLeon DraisaitlPPAssists: Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Snap, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:41EDMAdam HenriqueGWGAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Corey Perry · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 1:59EDMZach HymanAssists: Noah Philp · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–4
  5. P2 12:02EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard · Snap, 0.23 xG0–5
  6. P2 12:27VANBrock BoeserAssists: J.T. Miller, Pius Suter · Snap, 0.05 xG1–5
  7. P2 15:06VANFilip HronekAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser · Slap, 0.02 xG2–5
  8. P3 10:21EDMKasperi KapanenAssists: Ty Emberson · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–6
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:34VANKiefer Sherwood: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 12:22VANVincent Desharnais: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:36VANVincent Desharnais: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:53VANConor Garland: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 9:53EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:53VANConor Garland: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 9:53EDMCorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 10:59VANVincent Desharnais: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 1:47VANTeddy Blueger: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 1:47EDMTroy Stecher: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 4:36VANMark Friedman: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 5:11EDMMattias Janmark: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 5:11VANCarson Soucy: Roughing2 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
43% to win57% to win
← VAN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANEDM
26Shots on goal34
1.5Expected goals5.5
54Shot attempts64
34Faceoffs won26
0Power plays4
26Penalty minutes8
25Hits19
13Blocked shots12
9Giveaways9
3Takeaways6

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. bestDi Giuseppe – Blueger – Heinen2:33

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood3:34

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

  3. Di Giuseppe – Karlsson – Sasson3:25

    xG 0.05–0.24 (18%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson7:57

    xG 0.30–0.63 (32%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFriedman – Desharnais2:04

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Soucy – Desharnais2:54

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Soucy – Hughes4:47

    xG 0.08–0.07 (53%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Henrique – Hyman8:45

    xG 0.35–0.12 (75%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Skinner – Kapanen – Philp5:02

    xG 0.24–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Draisaitl – Arvidsson – Podkolzin8:13

    xG 0.25–0.15 (63%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Brown – Janmark11:10

    xG 0.32–0.43 (42%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulak – Emberson7:24

    xG 1.01–0.09 (92%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Ekholm – Bouchard12:17

    xG 0.73–0.30 (71%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Kulak – Nurse8:47

    xG 0.44–0.10 (82%)attempts 8–8goals 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.

EDM 5.5 xGVAN 1.5 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #521 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +12 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 96% 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).