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Tue, Mar 8, 2011·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 4, Phoenix Coyotes 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 70% of the time.

PHX winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN1162140811439
PHX2101150702334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:27PHXEric BelangerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:55PHXShane DoanPPAssists: Eric Belanger, David Schlemko · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:12VANDan HamhuisAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:14VANHenrik SedinAssists: Ryan Kesler, Christian Ehrhoff · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:17VANSami SaloAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:17PHXLauri KorpikoskiAssists: Eric Belanger, Michal Rozsival · Deflected, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:13VANDan HamhuisGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:05VANDaniel Sedin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:40PHXLauri Korpikoski: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 14:06VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 2:43VANVictor Oreskovich: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 9:46PHXEric Belanger: Cross checking2 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 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Malhotra
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANPHX
39Shots on goal34
4.0Expected goals2.8
69Shot attempts58
34Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
28Hits36
11Blocked shots12
4Giveaways4
5Takeaways4

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. bestLapierre – Glass – Oreskovich6:39

    xG 0.72–0.14 (83%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows12:09

    xG 1.04–0.55 (65%)attempts 17–10goals 1–2

  3. Malhotra – Torres – Hansen11:19

    xG 0.24–0.19 (55%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  4. Samuelsson – Kesler – Tambellini12:36

    xG 0.49–0.50 (50%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBallard – Tanev11:13

    xG 0.76–0.35 (69%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Salo – Rome15:07

    xG 1.27–0.89 (59%)attempts 15–20goals 1–2

  3. Hamhuis – Ehrhoff18:50

    xG 0.50–0.40 (55%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestPyatt – Vrbata – Fiddler6:57

    xG 0.31–0.10 (75%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Turris – Boedker3:10

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Bissonnette – Ebbett – MacLean3:46

    xG 0.15–0.18 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Bissonnette – Stempniak – Ebbett3:17

    xG 0.03–0.15 (17%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRozsival – Yandle5:23

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 9–2goals 0–1

  2. Aucoin – Schlemko2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Schlemko – Ekman-Larsson5:54

    xG 0.05–0.06 (48%)attempts 4–2goals 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.

PHX 2.8 xGVAN 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 80/100 · #223 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 70% of the time.

PHX winsVAN wins

Simulated goal difference (PHX − VAN), 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).