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Wed, Oct 13, 2010·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 3, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN216011112339
ANA11315214432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:41ANARyan GetzlafPPAssists: Bobby Ryan, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:57VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 4:14VANRaffi TorresAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Manny Malhotra · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:09ANATeemu SelannePPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:23VANChristian EhrhoffPPAssists: Alexander Edler, Daniel Sedin · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 8:54ANACorey PerryAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Brendan Mikkelson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:12ANABobby RyanGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:36VANPeter Schaefer: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 1:15VANRyan Kesler: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P1 3:07ANACorey Perry: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P1 11:22ANASheldon Brookbank: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:22VANRaffi Torres: Instigator2 min
  6. P1 11:22VANRaffi Torres: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 11:22VANRaffi Torres: Misconduct10 min
  8. P1 11:36ANABobby Ryan: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 13:56VANKeith Ballard: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P2 14:16VANKevin Bieksa: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 5:02ANABobby Ryan: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← VAN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
39Shots on goal32
3.8Expected goals2.4
68Shot attempts55
41Faceoffs won27
3Power plays5
25Penalty minutes11
26Hits25
12Blocked shots10
5Giveaways10
4Takeaways7

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. bestSamuelsson – Sedin – Sedin15:34

    xG 1.03–0.48 (68%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  2. Schaefer – Malhotra – Torres8:32

    xG 0.63–0.20 (76%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  3. Kesler – Hansen – Raymond12:34

    xG 0.72–0.52 (58%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0

  4. Schaefer – Malhotra – Rypien2:20

    xG 0.04–0.05 (44%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Bieksa17:08

    xG 1.42–0.54 (72%)attempts 20–15goals 1–1

  2. Ehrhoff – Edler19:08

    xG 0.80–0.39 (67%)attempts 23–16goals 0–0

  3. Alberts – Ballard12:00

    xG 0.31–0.37 (45%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Marchant – Parros – Bodie5:31

    xG 0.16–0.17 (48%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan14:54

    xG 0.63–0.74 (46%)attempts 12–14goals 2–0

  3. Selanne – Koivu – Blake14:16

    xG 0.33–0.75 (31%)attempts 10–18goals 0–0

  4. Chipchura – Beleskey – Sexton11:13

    xG 0.26–0.74 (26%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Brookbank – Sbisa11:28

    xG 0.15–0.22 (41%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  2. Visnovsky – Mikkelson18:58

    xG 0.74–1.12 (40%)attempts 19–23goals 2–0

  3. Mara – Fowler17:14

    xG 0.59–1.36 (30%)attempts 14–24goals 0–0

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.

ANA 2.4 xGVAN 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 81/100 · #211 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

Simulated goal difference (ANA − VAN), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).