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Mon, Mar 9, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 1, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 70% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA01208110130
VAN150516216

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:57VANBo HorvatAssists: Jannik Hansen, Derek Dorsett · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:40ANAEmerson EtemAssists: Nate Thompson, Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:01VANZack KassianGWGAssists: Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:41VANRyan Stanton: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 0:35VANAlexander Edler: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 18:53VANZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 18:53ANAPatrick Maroon: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 18:53ANAPatrick Maroon: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 18:53VANZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:55ANARyan Getzlaf: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 19:02VANAlexander Edler: 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
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
30Shots on goal16
2.5Expected goals1.4
71Shot attempts32
29Faceoffs won21
3Power plays1
6Penalty minutes10
25Hits18
9Blocked shots22
2Giveaways6
3Takeaways6

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. bestThompson – Etem – Sekac5:02

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Getzlaf – Maroon – Palmieri8:48

    xG 0.42–0.15 (73%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Fleischmann – Kesler – Silfverberg7:35

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Cogliano – Rakell5:30

    xG 0.23–0.02 (94%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDespres – Fowler15:25

    xG 0.86–0.11 (88%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Lindholm16:11

    xG 0.26–0.44 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Wisniewski – Stoner15:36

    xG 0.56–0.80 (41%)attempts 24–10goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestVrbata – Matthias – Bonino8:47

    xG 0.33–0.09 (80%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Kassian10:20

    xG 0.63–0.51 (55%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  3. Hansen – McMillan – Horvat7:07

    xG 0.13–0.21 (39%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Dorsett – Vey9:36

    xG 0.05–0.31 (13%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev17:47

    xG 0.85–0.67 (56%)attempts 15–21goals 0–0

  2. Stanton – Corrado12:57

    xG 0.08–0.08 (50%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Sbisa14:38

    xG 0.41–0.84 (33%)attempts 10–16goals 2–1

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 2.5 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 36/100 · #747 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 70% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).