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Sat, Mar 29, 2014·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 51% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA281627521
VAN17015010132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:36ANALuca SbisaAssists: Sami Vatanen, Patrick Maroon · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:45ANAMatt BeleskeyGWGAssists: Rickard Rakell, Daniel Winnik · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P1 11:12VANBrad RichardsonAssists: Ryan Stanton, Zack Kassian · Wrist, 0.39 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:02ANASaku KoivuAssists: Daniel Winnik, Andrew Cogliano · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P3 6:45ANACorey PerryAssists: Saku Koivu, Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P3 14:03ANAMathieu PerreaultPPAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–1
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 2:34VANDavid Booth: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:01VANBrad Richardson: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 19:27ANAPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:27VANZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 0:40ANABen Lovejoy: Holding2 min
  6. P2 6:22ANABryan Allen: Interference2 min
  7. P2 7:57VANShawn Matthias: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 13:03ANARyan Getzlaf: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 13:03VANAlexandre Burrows: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 14:16ANAJakob Silfverberg: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 9:35VANAlexandre Burrows: Holding2 min
  12. P3 13:34VANShawn Matthias: High sticking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Perry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
21Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals2.3
44Shot attempts60
35Faceoffs won36
5Power plays3
13Penalty minutes17
20Hits24
14Blocked shots12
7Giveaways7
7Takeaways9

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. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Bonino9:37

    xG 0.63–0.26 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Winnik – Beleskey – Rakell8:28

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  3. Perreault – Maroon – Palmieri6:52

    xG 0.10–0.16 (38%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  4. Koivu – Cogliano – Silfverberg8:05

    xG 0.03–0.58 (4%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Sbisa15:58

    xG 0.50–0.39 (56%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Beauchemin13:03

    xG 0.35–0.41 (46%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  3. Allen – Vatanen13:28

    xG 0.58–0.79 (42%)attempts 8–16goals 2–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Booth – Kassian9:06

    xG 0.47–0.09 (84%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Sestito – Schroeder – Kassian2:16

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Hansen – Sestito – Schroeder5:04

    xG 0.03–0.03 (50%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Matthias – Jensen9:06

    xG 0.25–0.28 (47%)attempts 13–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Stanton11:46

    xG 0.77–0.30 (72%)attempts 20–7goals 1–1

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa2:39

    xG 0.15–0.07 (67%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Edler14:18

    xG 0.38–0.49 (44%)attempts 11–13goals 0–2

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 2.3 xGANA 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #843 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 51% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).