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Mon, Jan 9, 2012·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Vancouver Canucks 1, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 51% of the time.

FLA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN11002014126
FLA0621402222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:11VANDale WeiseAssists: Manny Malhotra · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:00FLADmitry KulikovAssists: Marcel Goc, Shawn Matthias · Slap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:52FLAMarcel GocPPGWGAssists: Tomas Kopecky, Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:58VANKeith Ballard: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 4:58VANKeith Ballard: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 4:58FLAMichal Repik: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 12:33FLAKris Versteeg: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 6:21FLADmitry Kulikov: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 9:15VANDale Weise: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 0:39FLAMikael Samuelsson: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 19:31VANAlexandre Burrows: Interference2 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 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← VAN attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Madden won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANFLA
26Shots on goal22
2.0Expected goals1.9
59Shot attempts46
25Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits26
11Blocked shots16
1Giveaways7
1Takeaways8

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. bestKesler – Raymond – Hodgson4:48

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Higgins – Kesler – Hansen8:20

    xG 0.17–0.03 (83%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Malhotra – Duco – Weise6:06

    xG 0.34–0.24 (59%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows12:54

    xG 0.14–0.21 (41%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSulzer – Edler11:42

    xG 0.47–0.33 (59%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Sulzer2:05

    xG 0.18–0.11 (62%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Edler6:34

    xG 0.10–0.03 (77%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestWeiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg8:38

    xG 0.40–0.12 (77%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  2. Kopecky – Goc – Matthias4:32

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  3. Madden – Samuelsson – Versteeg5:00

    xG 0.13–0.15 (45%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Weiss – Fleischmann – Repik3:13

    xG 0.02–0.05 (29%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Garrison14:20

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Campbell – Kulikov2:03

    xG 0.14–0.10 (60%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Weaver – Kulikov15:12

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

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.

FLA 1.9 xGVAN 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 34/100 · #782 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 51% of the time.

FLA winsVAN wins

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

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