Vancouver Canucks vs. Edmonton OilersMay 8, 2021

FinalSaturday, May 8, 2021· Rogers Place

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	3	0	3		VAN	5	12	8	25
EDM	1	3	0	4		EDM	12	19	3	34

: VAN 48EDM 59
: VAN 2.88EDM 4.60
PP goals: VAN 0EDM 2
Hits: VAN 13EDM 18
Blocks: VAN 17EDM 15
PIM: VAN 8EDM 10
: VAN 47%EDM 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3

Edmonton Oilers beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 3A. EDM's first power-play unit (Chiasson, Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:32 together.

Points
Connor McDavid had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 22:15.McDavid
Points
Leon Draisaitl had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:20.Draisaitl
Points
Darnell Nurse had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:43.Nurse
PP1
EDM's first power-play unit (Chiasson, Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:32 together.Chiasson Nugent-Hopkins Nurse Draisaitl McDavid
New line
New look for VAN: Graovac–Hawryluk–Michaelis skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Graovac Hawryluk Michaelis
New line
New look for EDM: Archibald–Shore–Khaira skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Archibald Shore Khaira
New line
New look for VAN: Boyd–Vesey–Lind skated 5:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyd Vesey Lind
Usage
Jack Rathbone (VAN) played 11:18, −4:48 down on his 16:06 season average over 7 games.Rathbone

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 107 of 107 attempts · EDM 59 · VAN 48

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 29% of the game, EDM 39%.

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
	41	56
	2.09	3.38
	1.94	2.93
	13	12
	6	2
	22	22
	−0.036	+0.037
	29%	39%

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

L1Miller – Boeser – Hoglander
8:1661% CF
L2Graovac – Hawryluk – Michaelis
8:1150% CF
L3Pearson – Horvat – Highmore
6:4221% CF
L4Boyd – Vesey – Lind
5:2367% CF
D1Hamonic – Hughes
12:5529% CF
D2Myers – Rathbone
9:2074% CF
D3Edler – Schmidt
9:0254% CF

PP1Miller – Pearson – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes
5:3978% CF
PP2Myers – Boyd – Schmidt – Lind – Hoglander
2:01
PK1FPearson – Highmore
1:32
PK2FMiller – Vesey
0:22
PK1DEdler – Hamonic
1:12

Current VAN line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1McDavid – Puljujarvi – Kahun
11:5581% CF
L2Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto
9:2829% CF
L3Archibald – Shore – Khaira
7:1667% CF
L4Neal – Chiasson – McLeod
6:5463% CF
D1Barrie – Nurse
15:3675% CF
D2Bear – Jones
12:2754% CF
D3Larsson – Lagesson
11:5150% CF

PP1Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Nurse – Draisaitl – McDavid
1:32100% CF
PP2Neal – Barrie – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid
1:04100% CF
PK1FNugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto
2:28
PK2FShore – Khaira
2:17
PK1DNurse – Bear
4:22
PK2DLarsson – Lagesson
2:10

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:45
EDMConnor McDavid (Ethan Bear, Darnell Nurse)snap0.09 xG
VAN: Edler, Hamonic, Miller, Pearson, BoeserEDM: Nugent-Hopkins, McDavid, Bear, Jones, Puljujarvi
VAN 0 – 1 EDM

2nd period

6:53
EDMJesse Puljujarvi (Connor McDavid, Tyson Barrie)slap0.23 xG
VAN: Hamonic, Miller, Pearson, Highmore, HughesEDM: Barrie, Nurse, McDavid, Puljujarvi, Kahun
VAN 0 – 2 EDM
9:12
VANJ.T. Millerbackhand0.33 xG
VAN: Edler, Hamonic, Miller, BoeserEDM: Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bear
VAN 1 – 2 EDM
11:40
VANTravis Boyd (Jimmy Vesey)slap0.23 xG
VAN: Myers, Boyd, Vesey, Horvat, RathboneEDM: Archibald, Larsson, Shore, Khaira, Lagesson
VAN 2 – 2 EDM
12:27
EDMLeon DraisaitlPP (James Neal, Connor McDavid)snap0.18 xG
VAN: Edler, Myers, Pearson, HighmoreEDM: Neal, Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid
VAN 2 – 3 EDM
14:21
VANTyler Graovac (Jayce Hawryluk, Quinn Hughes)snap0.10 xG
VAN: Myers, Graovac, Hawryluk, Rathbone, MichaelisEDM: Neal, Chiasson, Bear, Jones, McLeod
VAN 3 – 3 EDM
19:20
EDMLeon DraisaitlPP (Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse)slap0.23 xG
VAN: Edler, Miller, SchmidtEDM: Chiasson, Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavid
VAN 3 – 4 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
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.53	0	1	2	23:54	—	—	38	39
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	1	1	0	22:14	—	—	46	51
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	15:28	—	—	54	54
Marc Michaelis L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	1	1	0	10:44	—	—	39	32
Tyler Graovac C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	3	0	0	9:59	—	—	47	53
Jayce Hawryluk R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	0	1	0	9:15	—	—	50	53
Bo Horvat C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	1	1	2	22:09	—	—	42	51
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	1	0	0	20:29	—	—	21	18
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:11	—	—	24	8
Travis Boyd C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	50	27
Kole Lind R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:15	—	—	33	3
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:57	—	—	69	81
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	0	2	0	24:19	—	—	32	27
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	4	2	19:29	—	—	28	23
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.20	3	0	2	20:05	—	—	56	45
Jack Rathbone D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.04	0	0	0	11:18	—	—	58	62
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	4	0	20:00	—	—	41	53
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	37	17

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	4.08	57:59

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McDavid C	L1	1	3	4	+1	4	0.58	0	3	2	22:15	—	—	73	90
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.53	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	69	86
Dominik Kahun C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.61	0	2	0	13:37	—	—	74	91
Leon Draisaitl C	L2	2	0	2	-1	6	0.85	2	0	0	19:20	—	—	27	14
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	30	18
Kailer Yamamoto R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	33	10
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	2	0	12:29	—	—	64	64
Josh Archibald R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.77	2	0	0	12:12	—	—	62	64
Devin Shore C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.41	3	0	0	10:11	—	—	67	66
Ryan McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	46	22
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.43	0	0	4	10:26	—	—	60	29
James Neal L	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:54	—	—	60	27
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	2	2	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	27:43	—	—	72	89
Tyson Barrie D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	0	1	0	20:08	—	—	71	87
Ethan Bear D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	20:33	—	—	54	45
Caleb Jones D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:49	—	—	46	31
Adam Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	2	2	20:20	—	—	38	17
William Lagesson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	0	14:55	—	—	40	12

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Smith(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.88	60:00

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.