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Wed, Feb 2, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 6, Phoenix Coyotes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 54% of the time.

PHX winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN18213312633
PHX090806023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:46VANAlexandre BurrowsGWGAssists: Daniel Sedin · Tip-in, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:38VANJannik HansenAssists: Lee Sweatt, Mason Raymond · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:06VANCody HodgsonAssists: Jeff Tambellini, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P3 6:41VANRyan KeslerAssists: Mikael Samuelsson · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–0
  5. P3 11:37VANMason RaymondAssists: Mikael Samuelsson · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–0
  6. P3 17:32VANRyan KeslerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG6–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 16:20VANRyan Kesler: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 19:25PHXMichal Rozsival: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 18:31PHXKeith Yandle: Misconduct10 min
  4. P3 19:05VANTanner Glass: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0PHX
47% to win53% to win
← VAN attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malhotra won the faceoff against Belanger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANPHX
33Shots on goal23
2.4Expected goals2.2
50Shot attempts62
26Faceoffs won25
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
24Hits32
24Blocked shots10
4Giveaways5
3Takeaways8

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 – Kesler – Raymond12:28

    xG 0.82–0.38 (68%)attempts 18–13goals 3–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows10:51

    xG 0.64–0.26 (71%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Tambellini – Glass – Hodgson9:28

    xG 0.14–0.11 (56%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen12:22

    xG 0.24–0.62 (28%)attempts 5–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Tanev3:35

    xG 0.35–0.03 (92%)attempts 5–2goals 2–0

  2. Hamhuis – Ehrhoff2:02

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Ehrhoff – Ballard2:24

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Upshall – Hanzal3:25

    xG 0.28–0.02 (92%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Vrbata – Hanzal9:36

    xG 0.44–0.32 (58%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Korpikoski – Ebbett7:25

    xG 0.42–0.31 (58%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Bissonnette – Korpikoski – Ebbett3:00

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Ekman-Larsson17:35

    xG 1.08–0.24 (82%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Lepisto16:29

    xG 0.40–0.75 (35%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  3. Morris – Yandle15:42

    xG 0.33–0.93 (26%)attempts 18–19goals 0–3

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.

PHX 2.2 xGVAN 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1198 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 54% of the time.

PHX winsVAN wins

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

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