Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton OilersMar 7, 2019

FinalThursday, Mar 7, 2019· Rogers Place

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Edmonton OilersEDM

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	1	2		VAN	18	10	9	37
EDM	2	1	0	3		EDM	17	14	3	34

: VAN 79EDM 55
: VAN 4.62EDM 4.51
PP goals: VAN 0EDM 0
Hits: VAN 27EDM 31
Blocks: VAN 12EDM 25
PIM: VAN 4EDM 8
: VAN 55%EDM 45%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Edmonton Oilers edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VAN scored 2 goals on 4.62 expected goals (79 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Brock Boeser had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:49.Boeser
Points
Connor McDavid had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:53.McDavid
Luck
VAN scored 2 goals on 4.62 expected goals (79 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Mikko Koskinen (EDM) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +9 against a season average of 28.2; the win.Koskinen
Usage
Alexander Edler (VAN) played 29:25, +4:56 up on his 24:29 season average over 55 games.Edler
New line
New look for EDM: Brodziak–Rieder–Khaira skated 7:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brodziak Rieder Khaira
Usage
Ashton Sautner (VAN) played 10:27, −4:21 down on his 14:48 season average over 16 games.Sautner
Usage
Troy Stecher (VAN) played 26:50, +7:00 up on his 19:50 season average over 77 games.Stecher

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →

EDM
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 134 of 134 attempts · EDM 55 · VAN 79

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM pressure
VAN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 36% of the game, EDM 21%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

EDM

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VAN	EDM
	71	58
	4.21	3.70
	4.12	3.54
	13	17
	7	6
	22	17
	+0.063	−0.063
	36%	21%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson
11:4855% CF
L2Roussel – Pearson – Horvat
5:5920% CF
L3Eriksson – Beagle – Motte
5:0864% CF
L4Granlund – Goldobin – Gaudette
2:2580% CF
D1Edler – Stecher
20:2860% CF
D2Biega – Pouliot
13:4644% CF
D3Schenn – Sautner
10:0659% CF

PP1Horvat – Boeser – Gaudette – Stecher – Pettersson
1:49100% CF
PP2Edler – Leivo – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
1:15100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Granlund
2:11
PK2FEriksson – Motte
0:48
PK1DEdler – Stecher
1:59
PK2DBiega – Schenn
0:41

Current VAN line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid
13:1934% CF
L2Gagner – Chiasson – Draisaitl
13:0845% CF
L3Brodziak – Rieder – Khaira
7:0653% CF
L4Lucic – Cave – Currie
6:5777% CF
D1Larsson – Klefbom
18:2355% CF
D2Russell – Nurse
14:4930% CF
D3Sekera – Benning
9:0531% CF

PP1Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Nurse – Draisaitl – McDavid
1:5867% CF
PP2Sekera – Nugent-Hopkins – Klefbom – Draisaitl – McDavid
1:06100% CF
PK1FBrodziak – Cave
1:31
PK2FRieder – Draisaitl
1:06
PK1DRussell – Nurse
3:13
PK2DLarsson – Klefbom
1:15

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:21
EDMAlex Chiasson (Sam Gagner)wrist0.18 xG
VAN: Biega, Leivo, Pouliot, Boeser, PetterssonEDM: Russell, Gagner, Chiasson, Nurse, Draisaitl
VAN 0 – 1 EDM
14:07
EDMZack Kassian (Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl)tip-in0.08 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Edler, Biega, Beagle, MotteEDM: Sekera, Kassian, Benning, Draisaitl, McDavid
VAN 0 – 2 EDM

2nd period

1:02
EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins (Connor McDavid)tip-in0.06 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Edler, Beagle, Motte, StecherEDM: Sekera, Russell, Kassian, Nugent-Hopkins, McDavid
VAN 0 – 3 EDM
18:30
VANJay Beagle (Brock Boeser, Ashton Sautner)backhand0.19 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Beagle, Schenn, Sautner, BoeserEDM: Russell, Gagner, Nurse, Currie, Draisaitl
VAN 1 – 3 EDM

3rd period

7:03
VANAlexander Edler (Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson)snap0.03 xG
VAN: Edler, Leivo, Horvat, Boeser, StecherEDM: Nugent-Hopkins, Larsson, Klefbom, Nurse, McDavid
VAN 2 – 3 EDM

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.21	0	0	0	21:49	—	—	61	68
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.68	1	0	0	21:46	—	—	52	53
Josh Leivo L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.65	0	1	0	19:41	—	—	61	65
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	23:19	—	—	41	24
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	3	0	0	13:56	—	—	37	13
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	2	0	13:51	—	—	41	40
Jay Beagle C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.26	2	0	0	10:10	—	—	67	65
Loui Eriksson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:01	—	—	75	61
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.60	1	0	0	8:52	—	—	71	59
Nikolay Goldobin R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	16:28	—	—	63	77
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.60	1	0	0	11:17	—	—	71	78
Markus Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.50	0	0	0	10:04	—	—	39	59
Alexander Edler D	D1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.30	4	4	0	29:25	—	—	59	57
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	26:50	—	—	60	55
Derrick Pouliot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	4	1	2	18:03	—	—	41	30
Alex Biega D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	1	1	0	17:44	—	—	43	34
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	2	1	0	12:32	—	—	61	68
Ashton Sautner D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	10:27	—	—	59	66

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	3.84	58:45

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	21:53	—	—	33	20
Connor McDavid C	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.37	2	0	2	21:53	—	—	36	27
Zack Kassian R	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.15	5	0	0	15:52	—	—	39	23
Leon Draisaitl C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	1.10	0	0	2	23:32	—	—	45	70
Alex Chiasson R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.78	4	0	0	18:06	—	—	47	72
Sam Gagner C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.63	0	2	0	14:53	—	—	42	61
Kyle Brodziak C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	1	0	10:23	—	—	44	56
Tobias Rieder L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	10:08	—	—	47	55
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	8:40	—	—	40	53
Colby Cave C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	3	1	0	11:53	—	—	71	76
Milan Lucic L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	8:38	—	—	79	97
Josh Currie R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	8:11	—	—	69	68
Oscar Klefbom D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.24	0	2	2	24:53	—	—	57	65
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	2	0	22:20	—	—	56	56
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	5	0	24:28	—	—	28	26
Kris Russell D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	7	0	21:28	—	—	32	31
Andrej Sekera D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	1	2	2	13:51	—	—	48	55
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:06	—	—	41	36

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mikko Koskinen(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	4.62	59:52

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.