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Mon, Dec 22, 2014·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Arizona Coyotes 1, Vancouver Canucks 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 79% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI011118010139
VAN310217213740

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:34VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Bo Horvat, Derek Dorsett · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:17VANKevin BieksaGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:18VANDaniel SedinAssists: Radim Vrbata, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–3
  4. P2 1:41VANBrad RichardsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P2 12:19VANAlexandre BurrowsPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexander Edler · Backhand, 0.36 xG0–5
  6. P2 15:03ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPAssists: Sam Gagner, Keith Yandle · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–5
  7. P3 7:09VANChris HigginsPPAssists: Linden Vey, Nick Bonino · Snap, 0.30 xG1–6
  8. P3 9:33VANShawn MatthiasPPAssists: Brad Richardson · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–7
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 11:50VANAlexander Edler: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 15:11VANKevin Bieksa: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 5:11ARIKeith Yandle: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:50VANTom Sestito: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:50ARIKyle Chipchura: Fighting5 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:50ARIKyle Chipchura: Instigator misconduct10 min
  7. P2 11:50ARIKyle Chipchura: Instigator2 min
  8. P2 13:54VANRyan Stanton: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 18:21ARIKeith Yandle: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 3:32ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 6:27ARIAntoine Vermette: Tripping2 min · PPG
  12. P3 8:05ARIShane Doan: Hooking2 min · PPG
  13. P3 10:34VANDerek Dorsett: Slashing2 min
  14. P3 19:06ARIMartin Hanzal: Slashing2 min
  15. P3 19:06VANAlexandre Burrows: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 19:06VANTom Sestito: Slashing2 min
  17. P3 19:06ARIKeith Yandle: Roughing2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVAN
39Shots on goal40
2.3Expected goals4.1
75Shot attempts56
37Faceoffs won24
4Power plays6
31Penalty minutes17
28Hits17
10Blocked shots23
3Giveaways3
5Takeaways5

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestErat – Moss – Chipchura6:05

    xG 0.31–0.04 (88%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Moss – Chipchura – Rieder2:11

    xG 0.14–0.02 (89%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Crombeen – Vitale – McMillan7:39

    xG 0.19–0.08 (71%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Hanzal – Gagner3:00

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Yandle2:52

    xG 0.35–0.05 (87%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1

  2. Yandle – Schlemko5:22

    xG 0.26–0.06 (82%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Michalek – Schlemko5:07

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Dorsett – Horvat6:16

    xG 0.24–0.04 (86%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata12:11

    xG 0.69–0.60 (53%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

  3. Higgins – Bonino – Vey9:35

    xG 0.03–0.31 (10%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Sestito – Matthias8:25

    xG 0.14–0.60 (19%)attempts 3–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev10:14

    xG 0.86–0.59 (59%)attempts 11–15goals 2–0

  2. Stanton – Tanev3:43

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Stanton10:40

    xG 0.18–0.28 (39%)attempts 5–9goals 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 4.1 xGARI 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1030 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 79% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

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

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