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Thu, Mar 5, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 2, Arizona Coyotes 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 72% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
VAN011010211020234
ARI11102115071335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:00ARITobias RiederAssists: Sam Gagner, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.38 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:31ARIB.J. CrombeenAssists: Tye McGinn, Joe Vitale · Wrist, 0.34 xG0–2
  3. P3 12:21VANChris HigginsAssists: Jannik Hansen, Luca Sbisa · Backhand, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:06VANRadim VrbataAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Nick Bonino · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Sam Gagner scored
  2. 2. VAN Nick Bonino stopped
  3. 3. ARI Mark Arcobello stopped
  4. 4. VAN Radim Vrbata stopped
  5. 5. ARI Shane Doan stopped
  6. 6. VAN Chris Higgins stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:35VANNick Bonino: Holding2 min
  2. P1 9:13ARISam Gagner: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 16:16ARIB.J. Crombeen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 17:35VANLuca Sbisa: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 17:35ARIConnor Murphy: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 8:27ARIMartin Erat: Holding2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Chipchura won the faceoff against Bonino
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
34Shots on goal35
2.2Expected goals3.4
66Shot attempts59
36Faceoffs won33
4Power plays1
7Penalty minutes13
39Hits35
14Blocked shots19
8Giveaways6
8Takeaways4

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Dorsett – Bonino9:30

    xG 0.62–0.15 (81%)attempts 20–7goals 0–0

  2. Higgins – Burrows – Matthias6:24

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Kassian9:03

    xG 0.10–0.06 (63%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows2:05

    xG 0.00–0.19 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Clendening2:22

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Sbisa12:35

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Clendening2:48

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMoss – Korpikoski – Cunningham8:36

    xG 0.49–0.16 (76%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  2. Crombeen – Vitale – McGinn3:43

    xG 0.41–0.08 (83%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Arcobello – Rieder12:39

    xG 0.77–0.45 (63%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  4. Doan – Erat – Chipchura12:24

    xG 0.34–0.18 (66%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson19:41

    xG 0.87–0.48 (64%)attempts 17–18goals 1–0

  2. Campbell – Dahlbeck12:09

    xG 0.67–0.40 (63%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Murphy12:28

    xG 0.11–0.32 (25%)attempts 8–12goals 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.

ARI 3.4 xGVAN 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ARI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ARI is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #267 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.81 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 72% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

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

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