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Wed, Feb 9, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 4, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 58% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1132615424
VAN010110218338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:56ANAJason BlakeAssists: Teemu Selanne, Toni Lydman · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:26ANABrandon McMillanAssists: Dan Sexton, Andreas Lilja · Deflected, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:12ANABobby RyanAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry · Backhand, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P2 7:22VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Ryan Kesler · Slap, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:42VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:10ANABobby RyanGWGAssists: Teemu Selanne, Lubomir Visnovsky · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:39VANRyan KeslerAssists: Daniel Sedin, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.53 xG4–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 13:43VANKevin Bieksa: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 1:06VANRyan Kesler: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:23ANATeemu Selanne: Tripping2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
24Shots on goal38
3.3Expected goals3.8
40Shot attempts73
20Faceoffs won34
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
26Hits19
18Blocked shots9
3Giveaways5
6Takeaways15

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. bestSelanne – Koivu – Blake14:15

    xG 1.12–0.74 (60%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Lapierre – McMillan – Sexton10:36

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 4–14goals 1–0

  3. Marchant – Parros – Chipchura3:59

    xG 0.02–0.06 (27%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan15:33

    xG 0.47–0.83 (36%)attempts 11–22goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVisnovsky – Fowler3:36

    xG 0.62–0.11 (85%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Lydman – Visnovsky18:51

    xG 1.02–0.58 (64%)attempts 14–19goals 1–0

  3. Lilja – Fowler15:34

    xG 0.66–0.51 (56%)attempts 9–20goals 2–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestGlass – Hodgson – Volpatti3:21

    xG 0.55–0.02 (96%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen8:49

    xG 0.28–0.10 (73%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  3. Samuelsson – Kesler – Raymond13:15

    xG 0.44–0.29 (61%)attempts 13–10goals 0–2

  4. Malhotra – Hansen – Hodgson3:54

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRome – Tanev5:54

    xG 0.49–0.10 (82%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Ehrhoff – Alberts7:02

    xG 0.22–0.11 (65%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  3. Bieksa – Alberts4:35

    xG 0.02–0.05 (29%)attempts 2–2goals 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 3.8 xGANA 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 69/100 · #362 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 58% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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