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Sun, Jan 5, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 3, Anaheim Ducks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 87% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN212021501320
ANA0522012014449

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:40VANRyan KeslerPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:39VANTom SestitoPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Jason Garrison · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 0:24ANASaku KoivuAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Andrew Cogliano · Deflected, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 16:38ANAMatt BeleskeyAssists: Kyle Palmieri · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:06VANKevin BieksaAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:33ANANick BoninoAssists: Daniel Winnik · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:58ANACorey PerryPPGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Nick Bonino · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:40ANACorey Perry: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:33ANAKyle Palmieri: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:44VANBrad Richardson: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:44ANAKyle Palmieri: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 12:41VANKevin Bieksa: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:43VANTom Sestito: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 1:43ANANick Bonino: Slashing2 min
  8. OT 3:54VANKevin Bieksa: Hooking2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
20Shots on goal49
2.0Expected goals4.8
44Shot attempts90
36Faceoffs won37
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
30Hits42
22Blocked shots6
8Giveaways7
3Takeaways5

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 – Sestito – Kassian5:08

    xG 0.47–0.11 (81%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Santorelli14:00

    xG 0.63–0.50 (56%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

  3. Kesler – Sestito – Dalpe3:16

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

  4. Ferriero – Dalpe – Weise2:50

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Garrison3:45

    xG 0.41–0.15 (73%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Corrado6:28

    xG 0.14–0.23 (37%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Weber2:16

    xG 0.11–0.20 (34%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Penner15:19

    xG 0.94–0.14 (87%)attempts 21–6goals 0–0

  2. Beleskey – Bonino – Palmieri3:36

    xG 0.78–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 1–0

  3. Selanne – Bonino – Palmieri7:02

    xG 0.18–0.12 (60%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:58

    xG 0.53–0.50 (51%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestAllen – Vatanen12:36

    xG 0.90–0.16 (85%)attempts 20–5goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm19:23

    xG 1.31–0.78 (63%)attempts 24–13goals 2–1

  3. Lovejoy – Fowler14:52

    xG 0.93–0.40 (70%)attempts 23–10goals 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.

ANA 4.8 xGVAN 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 89/100 · #98 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.23 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 87% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

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

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