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Sun, Nov 9, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 2, Anaheim Ducks 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN09114011011235
ANA0111605070129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:37ANASami VatanenPPAssists: Ryan Kesler · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:49VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Nick Bonino · Tip-in, 0.18 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Ryan Getzlaf stopped
  2. 2. VAN Nick Bonino scored
  3. 3. ANA Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  4. 4. VAN Chris Higgins stopped
  5. 5. ANA Ryan Kesler stopped
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:03ANAPatrick Maroon: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:03VANKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:11ANANate Thompson: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 2:34VANDan Hamhuis: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:47VANRyan Stanton: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 3:47ANAJosh Manson: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 3:47ANAJosh Manson: Interference2 min
  8. P2 14:29ANABryan Allen: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 2:58VANYannick Weber: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 2:58ANAJosh Manson: Interference2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Bonino
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
35Shots on goal29
2.7Expected goals2.4
66Shot attempts65
34Faceoffs won35
3Power plays1
14Penalty minutes18
22Hits29
19Blocked shots13
13Giveaways12
5Takeaways6

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHiggins – Burrows – Bonino9:07

    xG 0.76–0.15 (84%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Richardson – Hansen – Matthias2:02

    xG 0.22–0.05 (81%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen5:57

    xG 0.09–0.27 (24%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Matthias – Jensen7:12

    xG 0.13–0.34 (27%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Weber8:09

    xG 0.42–0.11 (79%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Tanev9:59

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Stanton7:38

    xG 0.15–0.65 (19%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Beleskey – Silfverberg8:49

    xG 0.74–0.17 (81%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Etem – Karlsson6:54

    xG 0.33–0.45 (43%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  3. Heatley – Jackman – Thompson5:56

    xG 0.06–0.20 (22%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Maroon – Smith-Pelly7:16

    xG 0.21–0.48 (30%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm12:25

    xG 0.55–0.45 (55%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

  2. Allen – Vatanen11:53

    xG 0.74–0.75 (50%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Stoner – Clark8:51

    xG 0.11–0.12 (47%)attempts 7–8goals 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.

ANA 2.4 xGVAN 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 35/100 · #767 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 54% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

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

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