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Sun, Mar 22, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 3, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 77% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN116012216344
ARI11006011127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:23VANYannick WeberAssists: Daniel Sedin, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:34ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Joe Vitale · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P3 16:47VANAlexander EdlerPPGWGAssists: Yannick Weber, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:51VANHenrik SedinENAssists: Daniel Sedin, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 2:32ARIAndrew Campbell: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 12:23VANAlexander Edler: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 15:03ARIJoe Vitale: Tripping2 min · PPG

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 Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
44Shots on goal27
4.3Expected goals2.5
81Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won38
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
26Hits39
20Blocked shots21
8Giveaways4
5Takeaways4

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. bestDorsett – Matthias – Vey10:29

    xG 0.89–0.05 (94%)attempts 20–6goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows12:18

    xG 0.85–0.20 (81%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  3. Hansen – McMillan – Horvat8:22

    xG 0.39–0.10 (80%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata2:07

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev16:53

    xG 1.11–0.07 (94%)attempts 29–8goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Weber13:07

    xG 0.59–0.57 (51%)attempts 12–21goals 1–0

  3. Bieksa – Sbisa16:08

    xG 1.35–1.57 (46%)attempts 26–24goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCrombeen – Vitale – McGinn4:34

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Erat – Gagner – Arcobello12:46

    xG 0.46–0.36 (56%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  3. Moss – Korpikoski – Cunningham5:46

    xG 0.11–0.21 (35%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Moss – Korpikoski – Vitale5:40

    xG 0.07–0.25 (21%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Dahlbeck2:42

    xG 0.69–0.22 (76%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Moore2:29

    xG 0.05–0.19 (20%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Moore – Dahlbeck17:22

    xG 0.50–0.75 (40%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

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.

ARI 2.5 xGVAN 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #949 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 77% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

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

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