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Wed, Dec 8, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 4, Vancouver Canucks 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 94% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA172812030420
VAN21207215061540

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:37ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:20VANRyan KeslerPPAssists: Alexander Edler, Christian Ehrhoff · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P1 6:31VANJeff TambelliniAssists: Mason Raymond, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:35ANAJoffrey LupulAssists: Todd Marchant, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:43ANATeemu SelannePPAssists: Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:36ANACam FowlerAssists: Todd Marchant, Paul Mara · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 12:42VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Christian Ehrhoff, Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.37 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:38VANRyan KeslerAssists: Manny Malhotra, Henrik Sedin · Backhand, 0.23 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Jeff Tambellini scored
  2. 2. ANA Joffrey Lupul stopped
  3. 3. VAN Ryan Kesler stopped
  4. 4. ANA Teemu Selanne stopped
  5. 5. VAN Daniel Sedin stopped
  6. 6. ANA Corey Perry stopped
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 2:49ANALuca Sbisa: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:49VANAlexandre Bolduc: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 2:49VANTanner Glass: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 4:45ANABobby Ryan: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 12:06VANChristian Ehrhoff: Holding2 min
  6. P1 12:24ANAJoffrey Lupul: Holding2 min
  7. P1 17:08ANASaku Koivu: Elbowing2 min
  8. P2 0:16ANAAaron Voros: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 0:16VANKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 0:16ANAAaron Voros: Game misconduct10 min
  11. P2 17:35ANACorey Perry: Holding the stick2 min
  12. P2 18:24VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  13. P3 2:54ANAAndy Sutton: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 10:12VANJeff Tambellini: Charging2 min
  15. P3 11:06ANACorey Perry: Holding2 min · PPG
  16. OT 4:41ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min

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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malhotra won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
20Shots on goal40
1.3Expected goals4.8
28Shot attempts80
29Faceoffs won36
4Power plays7
34Penalty minutes18
26Hits26
21Blocked shots6
3Giveaways3
10Takeaways9

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Lupul – Bonino – McMillan4:40

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Koivu – Blake9:13

    xG 0.18–0.44 (29%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan14:05

    xG 0.22–0.61 (26%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Visnovsky – Sbisa4:22

    xG 0.11–0.07 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  2. Mara – Fowler12:52

    xG 0.26–0.43 (38%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Sutton – Sbisa4:21

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows13:24

    xG 0.60–0.28 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Tambellini – Raymond9:28

    xG 0.49–0.21 (70%)attempts 11–5goals 0–1

  3. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen9:34

    xG 0.19–0.02 (89%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Andersson – Bolduc – Glass2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Bieksa13:40

    xG 0.71–0.21 (77%)attempts 15–5goals 1–1

  2. Ballard – Rome7:52

    xG 0.31–0.05 (87%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Ehrhoff – Edler11:05

    xG 0.48–0.23 (67%)attempts 11–6goals 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.

VAN 4.8 xGANA 1.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #36 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.64 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 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 94% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).