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Thu, Apr 25, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 3, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA01121415330
VAN0504120129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:44ANAMatt BeleskeyPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Kyle Palmieri · Deflected, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:21ANABrad StaubitzGWGAssists: David Steckel, Ben Lovejoy · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:42VANJason GarrisonPPAssists: Ryan Kesler, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:32ANAAndrew CoglianoENAssists: Toni Lydman · Wrist, 0.53 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:43VANAlexandre Burrows: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:01ANAAndrew Cogliano: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:49VANAlexander Edler: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:40VANMason Raymond: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P3 15:35ANABen Lovejoy: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:22ANASheldon Souray: High sticking double minor4 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
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Roy won the faceoff against Cogliano
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
30Shots on goal29
2.0Expected goals1.8
45Shot attempts59
35Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits13
16Blocked shots14
2Giveaways4
8Takeaways4

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. bestBonino – Maroon – Palmieri11:05

    xG 0.41–0.26 (61%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Winnik – Cogliano – Smith-Pelly11:33

    xG 0.39–0.37 (51%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Steckel – Staubitz – Etem7:25

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  4. Lombardi – Perry – Beleskey10:58

    xG 0.37–0.43 (46%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Beauchemin15:25

    xG 0.42–0.15 (73%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler16:44

    xG 0.56–0.71 (44%)attempts 16–18goals 1–0

  3. Souray – Vatanen12:43

    xG 0.31–0.50 (39%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Kesler – Raymond4:22

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Roy – Higgins – Hansen3:22

    xG 0.25–0.10 (71%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows7:39

    xG 0.20–0.16 (56%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Kassian5:08

    xG 0.06–0.04 (59%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Garrison12:04

    xG 0.38–0.20 (65%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Alberts – Joslin6:36

    xG 0.26–0.17 (61%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  3. Alberts – Garrison2:18

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 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 1.8 xGANA 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 19/100 · #573 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 55% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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