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Mon, Apr 8, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Phoenix Coyotes 0, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 94% of the time.

VAN winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX090604019
VAN116016110242

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:26VANRyan KeslerGWGAssists: Mason Raymond, Kevin Bieksa · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:00VANDan HamhuisENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.50 xG0–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 16:00VANDale Weise: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 18:24PHXRob Klinkhammer: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 19:58PHXMichael Stone: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 19:58VANAlexandre Burrows: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 10:23PHXShane Doan: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 18:38VANRyan Kesler: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 19:38VANJason Garrison: Hooking2 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← PHX attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Gordon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXVAN
19Shots on goal42
1.5Expected goals5.1
42Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won23
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
24Hits20
10Blocked shots8
2Giveaways8
8Takeaways14

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Gordon – Klinkhammer12:43

    xG 0.38–0.28 (57%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Bissonnette – Chipchura – Brown2:02

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Boedker – Brown2:08

    xG 0.04–0.08 (35%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Vermette – Chipchura – Boedker2:23

    xG 0.00–0.39 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Schlemko2:41

    xG 0.12–0.04 (78%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Morris – Yandle5:56

    xG 0.05–0.12 (30%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Ekman-Larsson15:48

    xG 0.41–0.49 (45%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRoy – Higgins – Hansen12:11

    xG 0.81–0.24 (77%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Raymond – Kassian9:26

    xG 0.73–0.32 (70%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows11:43

    xG 0.60–0.27 (69%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  4. Lapierre – Ebbett – Weise5:34

    xG 0.09–0.12 (42%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAlberts – Ballard11:26

    xG 1.31–0.23 (85%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Edler17:47

    xG 1.06–0.39 (73%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  3. Hamhuis – Garrison18:16

    xG 0.60–0.41 (60%)attempts 12–13goals 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.

VAN 5.1 xGPHX 1.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #719 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 94% of the time.

VAN winsPHX wins

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

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