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Mon, Apr 7, 2014·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 3, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 69% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1111715323
VAN060309018

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:26ANADaniel WinnikSHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:03ANAKyle PalmieriAssists: Ben Lovejoy, Bryan Allen · Deflected, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:20ANAMatt BeleskeyAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:01ANAHampus Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:06ANASaku Koivu: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:46VANBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 8:45ANANick Bonino: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 8:45VANBrad Richardson: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 18:54ANAMathieu Perreault: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 18:54VANDan Hamhuis: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 7:52ANAMatt Beleskey: Slashing2 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
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
23Shots on goal18
1.6Expected goals2.6
40Shot attempts61
23Faceoffs won28
1Power plays3
10Penalty minutes6
17Hits22
22Blocked shots11
4Giveaways10
7Takeaways10

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 – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:05

    xG 0.25–0.06 (80%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Selanne – Perreault – Maroon9:20

    xG 0.04–0.29 (13%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Beleskey10:34

    xG 0.09–0.61 (13%)attempts 4–14goals 1–0

  4. Winnik – Bonino – Palmieri9:30

    xG 0.08–0.63 (11%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Allen – Lovejoy14:40

    xG 0.12–0.35 (25%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm14:05

    xG 0.08–0.42 (16%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Sbisa13:48

    xG 0.49–0.87 (36%)attempts 11–19goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Kesler – Hansen6:51

    xG 0.34–0.01 (98%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Burrows – Richardson – Kassian3:44

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Jensen6:43

    xG 0.26–0.02 (92%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Sestito – Matthias2:20

    xG 0.07–0.03 (70%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Edler15:39

    xG 0.90–0.12 (88%)attempts 22–9goals 0–1

  2. Weber – Stanton11:30

    xG 0.52–0.14 (78%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Garrison13:50

    xG 0.34–0.23 (59%)attempts 14–5goals 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 2.6 xGANA 1.6 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 3/100 · #1129 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 69% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

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