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Tue, Apr 3, 2012·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 4, Vancouver Canucks 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 75% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA21221001011424
VAN21429012043539

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:18ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:17VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Henrik Sedin, Marc-Andre Gragnani · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 16:07ANACorey PerryPPAssists: Bobby Ryan, Teemu Selanne · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:19VANChris HigginsAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Jannik Hansen · Deflected, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:24ANARod PelleyAssists: Bobby Ryan, Devante Smith-Pelly · Snap, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P2 7:03ANADevante Smith-PellyAssists: Bobby Ryan, Saku Koivu · Tip-in, 0.16 xG4–2
  7. P2 11:21VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–3
  8. P2 18:33VANMaxim LapierreAssists: Henrik Sedin, Mason Raymond · Wrist, 0.01 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Alexandre Burrows scored
  2. 2. ANA Teemu Selanne scored
  3. 3. VAN Alexander Edler scored
  4. 4. ANA Saku Koivu stopped
  5. 5. VAN Maxim Lapierre scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:48VANRyan Kesler: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 3:38ANALuca Sbisa: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 min
  3. P1 15:55VANAndrew Ebbett: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:15ANARyan Getzlaf: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:47ANARyan Getzlaf: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 19:08VANManny Malhotra: Interference2 min
  7. P3 2:42ANAMatt Beleskey: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 8:42ANARod Pelley: Holding2 min
  9. P3 13:30ANASheldon Brookbank: Roughing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pahlsson won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
24Shots on goal39
1.8Expected goals3.2
41Shot attempts78
31Faceoffs won34
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
22Hits17
24Blocked shots11
8Giveaways12
12Takeaways10

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. bestKoivu – Ryan – Smith-Pelly3:16

    xG 0.25–0.04 (85%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Selanne – Blake – Bonino3:13

    xG 0.05–0.03 (59%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Blake – Bonino – Smith-Pelly4:19

    xG 0.06–0.05 (55%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Blake – Smith-Pelly3:25

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Visnovsky – Sbisa14:44

    xG 0.23–0.28 (46%)attempts 11–19goals 1–1

  2. Beauchemin – Sbisa2:08

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Clark10:00

    xG 0.18–0.56 (25%)attempts 6–12goals 0–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Burrows – Lapierre9:45

    xG 0.49–0.15 (77%)attempts 17–6goals 2–0

  2. Pahlsson – Higgins – Hansen9:05

    xG 0.43–0.10 (81%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Booth – Raymond4:25

    xG 0.33–0.27 (54%)attempts 6–7goals 0–2

  4. Kesler – Raymond – Ebbett2:16

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Edler2:04

    xG 0.30–0.03 (92%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Tanev13:57

    xG 0.49–0.24 (68%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Gragnani12:01

    xG 0.78–0.53 (60%)attempts 18–11goals 1–3

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 3.2 xGANA 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 96/100 · #36 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.64 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 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 75% 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).