Edmonton Oilers vs. Vancouver CanucksFeb 23, 2021

FinalTuesday, Feb 23, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
EDM	1	0	3	4		EDM	9	10	10	29
VAN	3	0	0	3		VAN	11	9	13	33

: EDM 60VAN 65
: EDM 3.80VAN 3.05
PP goals: EDM 1VAN 0
Hits: EDM 29VAN 19
Blocks: EDM 18VAN 15
PIM: EDM 4VAN 8
: EDM 42%VAN 58%

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 VAN. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for EDM: Chiasson–Russell–Haas skated 6:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Leon Draisaitl had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:58.Draisaitl
Points
Dominik Kahun had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:28.Kahun
Points
Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:01.Pettersson
New line
New look for EDM: Chiasson–Russell–Haas skated 6:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Chiasson Russell Haas
Usage
Patrick Russell (EDM) played 7:25, −3:41 down on his 11:06 season average over 7 games.Russell
Usage
Jake Virtanen (VAN) played 9:08, −3:12 down on his 12:20 season average over 37 games.Virtanen
PP1
EDM's PP1 (Chiasson, Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl and McDavid) went scoreless in 4:59 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Chiasson Barrie Nugent-Hopkins Draisaitl McDavid
Cats
Adam Larsson (EDM) blocked 8 shots in 22:33.Larsson

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

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

VAN
EDM
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · VAN 65 · EDM 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
EDM
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: EDM 35% of the game, VAN 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

EDM

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	EDM	VAN
	64	60
	3.60	2.47
	3.38	2.30
	14	10
	6	4
	18	10
	−0.042	+0.042
	35%	25%

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.

Edmonton Oilers

L1Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi
13:2350% CF
L2Draisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun
11:3148% CF
L3Ennis – Archibald – Khaira
9:1456% CF
L4Chiasson – Russell – Haas
6:0155% CF
D1Russell – Larsson
17:0341% CF
D2Barrie – Nurse
15:4049% CF
D3Jones – Bouchard
10:2986% CF

PP1Chiasson – Barrie – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid
4:5983% CF
PP2Nugent-Hopkins – Nurse – Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi
0:42100% CF
PK1FArchibald – Khaira
1:12
PK2FNugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto
0:37
PK1DLarsson – Nurse
3:06
PK2DRussell – Jones
0:53

Current EDM line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson
12:3358% CF
L2Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander
10:5248% CF
L3Sutter – Roussel – Gaudette
7:4967% CF
L4Beagle – Virtanen – MacEwen
7:4823% CF
D1Myers – Juolevi
13:0044% CF
D2Benn – Hughes
12:5056% CF
D3Edler – Schmidt
12:1345% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
2:52100% CF
PP2Myers – Pearson – Schmidt – Gaudette – Hoglander
0:52100% CF
PK1FSutter – Roussel
1:54
PK2FBeagle – Miller
1:15
PK1DEdler – Myers
3:21
PK2DBenn – Schmidt
0:31

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:06
VANBo Horvat (Nate Schmidt, Elias Pettersson)wrist0.04 xG
EDM: Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse, McDavid, PuljujarviVAN: Edler, Pearson, Schmidt, Horvat, Hoglander
EDM 0 – 1 VAN
8:06
VANTyler Myersslap0.08 xG
EDM: Russell, Ennis, Archibald, Larsson, KhairaVAN: Sutter, Myers, Roussel, Gaudette, Juolevi
EDM 0 – 2 VAN
15:17
VANElias Pettersson (J.T. Miller, Jordie Benn)backhand0.03 xG
EDM: Russell, Larsson, Draisaitl, Yamamoto, KahunVAN: Benn, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
EDM 0 – 3 VAN
18:43
EDMDominik Kahun (Tyson Barrie, Leon Draisaitl)backhand0.01 xG
EDM: Barrie, Nurse, Draisaitl, Yamamoto, KahunVAN: Edler, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
EDM 1 – 3 VAN

3rd period

0:55
EDMDominik Kahun (Leon Draisaitl, Kailer Yamamoto)snap0.19 xG
EDM: Barrie, Nurse, Draisaitl, Yamamoto, KahunVAN: Benn, Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Hughes
EDM 2 – 3 VAN
4:23
EDMConnor McDavidPP (Leon Draisaitl, Alex Chiasson)snap0.20 xG
EDM: Chiasson, Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavidVAN: Beagle, Myers, Benn, Miller
EDM 3 – 3 VAN
13:25
EDMTyler Ennis (Jujhar Khaira, Adam Larsson)deflected0.05 xG
EDM: Russell, Ennis, Archibald, Larsson, KhairaVAN: Beagle, Myers, Virtanen, Juolevi, MacEwen
EDM 4 – 3 VAN

Box score

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

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McDavid C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.50	0	1	0	24:46	—	—	48	57
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.78	0	0	0	23:16	—	—	53	59
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	5	0	0	16:54	—	—	56	59
Leon Draisaitl C	L2	0	3	3	+1	3	0.49	0	0	0	22:58	—	—	51	72
Kailer Yamamoto R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	1	2	0	15:34	—	—	48	62
Dominik Kahun C	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.33	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	48	57
Josh Archibald R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:15	—	—	53	33
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	7	2	0	12:51	—	—	56	33
Tyler Ennis R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	2	0	2	11:06	—	—	55	35
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	10:50	—	—	54	81
Gaetan Haas C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	2	10:07	—	—	50	94
Patrick Russell R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	2	0	0	7:25	—	—	58	93
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	3	8	0	22:33	—	—	37	37
Kris Russell D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	3	0	19:44	—	—	41	38
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	25:25	—	—	52	63
Tyson Barrie D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	22:48	—	—	46	48
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	81	89
Evan Bouchard D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	73	64

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Smith(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	3.05	59:29

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	3	0	2	22:59	—	—	48	29
Elias Pettersson C	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.35	1	0	0	20:01	—	—	52	45
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	18:11	—	—	48	37
Bo Horvat C	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.57	1	2	0	17:42	—	—	43	26
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.32	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	47	29
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	55	33
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	0	2	0	15:22	—	—	60	70
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	1	1	2	12:08	—	—	59	61
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.57	1	0	0	11:12	—	—	68	75
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	0	0	11:38	—	—	19	10
Jake Virtanen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:08	—	—	21	26
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:54	—	—	23	26
Tyler Myers D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.14	0	1	2	22:38	—	—	51	41
Olli Juolevi D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:01	—	—	42	51
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	24:01	—	—	56	54
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	50	45
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	5	2	2	21:30	—	—	44	29
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	1	1	0	18:51	—	—	46	28

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	3.80	58:28

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.