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Sun, Mar 6, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 3, Anaheim Ducks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN151615316
ANA0701009026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:42VANManny MalhotraGWGAssists: Jannik Hansen, Raffi Torres · Snap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:17VANManny MalhotraAssists: Jannik Hansen · Snap, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 6:06VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.02 xG3–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 9:59VANJannik Hansen: Interference2 min
  2. P1 18:02VANSami Salo: Interference2 min
  3. P2 7:40ANACorey Perry: Charging2 min
  4. P2 16:48VANKeith Ballard: Closing hand on puck2 min
  5. P2 18:17ANATeemu Selanne: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 18:41VANChristian Ehrhoff: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 5:38ANABrandon McMillan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:29VANKeith Ballard: Kneeing2 min
  9. P3 17:29ANASheldon Brookbank: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 18:40ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 19:02ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 19:02VANAaron Rome: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 19:02VANAaron Rome: Elbowing2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← VAN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malhotra won the faceoff against Marchant
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
16Shots on goal26
1.3Expected goals1.6
37Shot attempts45
26Faceoffs won20
3Power plays4
14Penalty minutes12
23Hits25
10Blocked shots10
6Giveaways13
2Takeaways0

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 – Raymond6:09

    xG 0.17–0.01 (94%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen10:14

    xG 0.29–0.20 (59%)attempts 6–7goals 2–0

  3. Tambellini – Lapierre – Glass6:05

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Samuelsson – Kesler – Glass2:37

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Ehrhoff9:46

    xG 0.38–0.05 (88%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  2. Ballard – Tanev8:34

    xG 0.30–0.03 (90%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Ehrhoff – Ballard3:09

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestWinchester – Getzlaf – Perry6:46

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Ruutu – McMillan2:39

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

  3. Selanne – Ryan – McMillan3:29

    xG 0.02–0.04 (30%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Marchant – Ruutu – Sexton6:41

    xG 0.11–0.20 (35%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky12:51

    xG 0.52–0.21 (71%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Lilja – Fowler10:16

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 5–8goals 0–2

  3. Beauchemin – Sbisa8:08

    xG 0.03–0.27 (9%)attempts 2–6goals 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.

ANA 1.6 xGVAN 1.3 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 4/100 · #1167 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% 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).