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Fri, Nov 11, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 3, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01108322341
ANA0941002421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:25ANASaku KoivuAssists: Andrew Cogliano · Snap, 0.29 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:45ANAAndrew CoglianoPPAssists: Bobby Ryan, Jonas Hiller · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:23ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Teemu Selanne · Wrist, 0.23 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:22ANAPeter HollandGWGAssists: Toni Lydman · Snap, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P3 4:32VANKevin BieksaPPAssists: David Booth, Dan Hamhuis · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–4
  6. P3 9:12VANJannik HansenAssists: Daniel Sedin, Sami Salo · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 13:04VANJannik HansenAssists: Daniel Sedin, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.32 xG3–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:56ANAMatt Beleskey: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:00VANAlexander Edler: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:12VANAaron Rome: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 16:22VANKeith Ballard: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:22ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 16:22ANACorey Perry: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 3:53ANALubomir Visnovsky: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 11:04VANAaron Rome: Elbowing5 min · PPG
  9. P2 11:04VANAaron Rome: Game misconduct10 min
  10. P3 3:10ANATeemu Selanne: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  11. P3 19:01ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 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
45% to win55% to win
← VAN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
41Shots on goal21
3.1Expected goals2.3
59Shot attempts30
32Faceoffs won25
5Power plays5
24Penalty minutes15
12Hits11
4Blocked shots7
1Giveaways3
1Takeaways1

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. bestSedin – Sedin – Hansen5:45

    xG 0.90–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–0goals 2–0

  2. Malhotra – Hansen – Hodgson4:50

    xG 0.22–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Burrows – Kesler5:18

    xG 0.31–0.12 (72%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Lapierre – Weise – Volpatti5:47

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalo – Edler10:31

    xG 0.62–0.17 (78%)attempts 14–3goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa10:08

    xG 0.70–0.43 (62%)attempts 10–4goals 1–1

  3. Bieksa – Ballard3:35

    xG 0.38–0.12 (76%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Selanne – Koivu – Cogliano10:09

    xG 0.39–0.43 (48%)attempts 2–11goals 1–0

  2. Gordon – Beleskey – Macenauer7:46

    xG 0.20–0.36 (37%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. McMillan – Holland – Smith-Pelly4:23

    xG 0.11–0.27 (29%)attempts 1–7goals 1–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Ryan9:59

    xG 0.31–0.67 (32%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky14:43

    xG 0.94–0.47 (67%)attempts 7–12goals 2–0

  2. Beauchemin – Fowler12:47

    xG 0.48–0.69 (41%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

  3. Brookbank – Sbisa11:25

    xG 0.13–0.63 (17%)attempts 3–14goals 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 2.3 xGVAN 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 82/100 · #190 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 63% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

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

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

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