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Tue, Jan 27, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 4, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 80% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA191728424
VAN0100205017

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:43ANAMatt BeleskeyGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Ryan Kesler · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:19ANAKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Rickard Rakell · Snap, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P3 9:20ANARickard RakellAssists: Clayton Stoner, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–0
  4. P3 19:28ANAPatrick MaroonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:34VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:34ANABen Lovejoy: Interference2 min
  3. P1 15:54ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 3:11ANACorey Perry: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 5:23VANZack Kassian: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 7:19VANJannik Hansen: Interference goalkeeper2 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
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
24Shots on goal17
3.0Expected goals1.4
50Shot attempts42
30Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits12
14Blocked shots10
8Giveaways10
6Takeaways5

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 – Maroon8:28

    xG 0.75–0.23 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Beleskey – Palmieri7:57

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Jackman – Thompson – Bourque6:36

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Rakell8:49

    xG 0.24–0.23 (50%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Fowler12:56

    xG 0.59–0.10 (85%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm16:16

    xG 0.73–0.46 (61%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  3. Stoner – Vatanen13:28

    xG 0.12–0.43 (22%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Vrbata12:41

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Higgins – Hansen – Horvat2:34

    xG 0.12–0.03 (79%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Burrows – Vey5:10

    xG 0.03–0.17 (17%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Matthias – Bonino – Kassian7:35

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Tanev13:07

    xG 0.53–0.53 (50%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Corrado12:16

    xG 0.27–0.41 (39%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Weber – Sbisa13:48

    xG 0.05–0.42 (11%)attempts 6–11goals 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 1.4 xGANA 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 9/100 · #1101 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 80% 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).