Edmonton Oilers vs. Vancouver CanucksFeb 25, 2021

FinalThursday, Feb 25, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
EDM	0	1	2	3		EDM	9	12	13	34
VAN	0	0	0	0		VAN	13	15	4	32

: EDM 57VAN 69
: EDM 3.75VAN 3.23
PP goals: EDM 2VAN 0
Hits: EDM 17VAN 17
Blocks: EDM 21VAN 16
PIM: EDM 8VAN 10
: EDM 57%VAN 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers beat Vancouver Canucks 3–0

Edmonton Oilers beat Vancouver Canucks 3–0 at VAN. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. EDM's first power-play unit (Chiasson, Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 7:32 together.

Points
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 25:24.McDavid
PP1
EDM's first power-play unit (Chiasson, Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 7:32 together.Chiasson Barrie Nugent-Hopkins Draisaitl McDavid
New line
New look for VAN: Boeser–Pettersson–Hoglander skated 9:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boeser Pettersson Hoglander
Luck
VAN scored 0 goals on 3.23 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VAN: Pearson–Horvat–Virtanen skated 8:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson Horvat Virtanen
Usage
Tyson Barrie (EDM) played 13:49, −7:43 down on his 21:32 season average over 55 games.Barrie
Usage
Travis Hamonic (VAN) played 11:01, −8:35 down on his 19:36 season average over 37 games.Hamonic
New line
New look for VAN: Sutter–Miller–Gaudette skated 7:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sutter Miller Gaudette

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 126 of 126 attempts · VAN 69 · EDM 57

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 40% of the game, VAN 29%.

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
	43	55
	1.99	2.46
	1.93	2.30
	10	13
	5	4
	12	10
	+0.058	−0.058
	40%	29%

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

L1Draisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun
10:4938% CF
L2Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi
9:1448% CF
L3Ennis – Archibald – Khaira
8:5853% CF
D1Russell – Larsson
14:0243% CF
D2Nurse – Bear
8:4839% CF
D3Jones – Bouchard
7:4864% CF

PP1Chiasson – Barrie – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid
7:3280% CF
PP2Nugent-Hopkins – Nurse – Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi
0:56100% CF
PK1FNugent-Hopkins – Khaira
3:59
PK2FArchibald – Haas
2:04
PK1DRussell – Jones
2:19
PK2DNurse – Bear
1:57

Current EDM line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Boeser – Pettersson – Hoglander
9:1452% CF
L2Pearson – Horvat – Virtanen
8:0448% CF
L3Sutter – Miller – Gaudette
7:2164% CF
L4Beagle – Roussel – Hawryluk
2:54100% CF
D1Edler – Schmidt
13:5335% CF
D2Hamonic – Hughes
9:1267% CF
D3Myers – Benn
7:5368% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
6:5088% CF
PP2Myers – Pearson – Schmidt – Gaudette – Hoglander
0:35100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Miller
3:34
PK2FSutter – Roussel
3:32
PK1DEdler – Myers
5:00
PK2DBenn – Schmidt
0:41

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:41
EDMAlex ChiassonPP (Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Tyson Barrie)wrist0.16 xG
EDM: Chiasson, Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavidVAN: Beagle, Hamonic, Miller, Schmidt
EDM 1 – 0 VAN

3rd period

12:35
EDMJesse PuljujarviPP (Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid)wrist0.04 xG
EDM: Barrie, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid, PuljujarviVAN: Edler, Beagle, Myers, Miller
EDM 2 – 0 VAN
19:37
EDMConnor McDavidEN (Kailer Yamamoto)wrist0.96 xG
EDM: Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavid, Bear, YamamotoVAN: Myers, Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Hughes, Hoglander
EDM 3 – 0 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
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.61	0	1	0	23:16	—	—	42	60
Kailer Yamamoto R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.29	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	33	45
Dominik Kahun C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	38	54
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.48	0	0	0	25:44	—	—	50	52
Connor McDavid C	L2	1	1	2	+1	8	1.51	0	0	0	25:24	—	—	42	46
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.12	1	0	2	14:29	—	—	42	51
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	3	0	0	16:33	—	—	52	33
Tyler Ennis R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:28	—	—	46	27
Josh Archibald R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	2	13:05	—	—	50	29
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	4	2	19:05	—	—	39	32
Kris Russell D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	2	0	19:04	—	—	43	40
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	1	6	0	27:36	—	—	38	38
Ethan Bear D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	0	1	2	14:13	—	—	39	38
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	10:42	—	—	67	64
Evan Bouchard D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	8:17	—	—	64	64
Tyson Barrie D	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:49	—	—	43	66
Alex Chiasson R	—	1	0	1	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	11:09	—	—	57	60
Gaetan Haas C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:19	—	—	43	18

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Smith(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	3.23	59:39

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	4	0.39	0	3	0	20:51	—	—	56	77
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	0.37	1	0	0	20:08	—	—	52	75
Nils Hoglander L	L1	-1	5	0.26	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	56	68
Bo Horvat C	L2	-1	0	0.25	5	1	2	21:02	—	—	45	34
Tanner Pearson L	L2	-1	1	0.04	3	1	0	17:07	—	—	47	40
Jake Virtanen R	L2	0	3	0.37	2	0	4	11:59	—	—	52	46
J.T. Miller C	L3	-1	1	0.39	0	0	0	22:45	—	—	63	61
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	3	0.23	0	2	0	14:26	—	—	67	56
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	12:29	—	—	60	53
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	2	0.17	3	0	2	9:40	—	—	78	48
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:45	—	—	83	84
Jayce Hawryluk R	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:28	—	—	80	40
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	1	0.02	1	6	2	23:20	—	—	40	40
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:43	—	—	36	32
Quinn Hughes D	D2	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	24:03	—	—	65	63
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	4	0.21	1	1	0	11:01	—	—	65	54
Tyler Myers D	D3	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	21:05	—	—	74	72
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	65	56

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	2.78	58:45

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.