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Fri, Oct 30, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 4, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 51% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN3101606422
ARI01021318331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:56VANJared McCannAssists: Adam Cracknell, Luca Sbisa · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:26VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Jake Virtanen, Luca Sbisa · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:59VANBrendan GaunceAssists: Chris Tanev, Alexander Edler · Deflected, 0.25 xG3–0
  4. P2 5:50ARIMax DomiAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Antoine Vermette · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–1
  5. P2 17:04ARISteve DownieAssists: Tyler Gaudet, Nicklas Grossmann · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:08VANDaniel SedinPPGWGAssists: Radim Vrbata, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.07 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:39ARITobias RiederAssists: Antoine Vermette, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Backhand, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:33ARIShane Doan: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 18:05VANRadim Vrbata: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:43ARIShane Doan: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 9:16ARIConnor Murphy: Closing hand on puck2 min
  5. P2 17:45ARIZbynek Michalek: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 10:44VANAlexander Edler: Hooking2 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
47% to win54% to win
← VAN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
22Shots on goal31
2.1Expected goals2.2
40Shot attempts61
21Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
29Hits27
16Blocked shots9
4Giveaways5
1Takeaways4

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. Hansen – Gaunce – Horvat9:11

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata10:31

    xG 0.09–0.22 (29%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Sutter – Virtanen8:31

    xG 0.17–0.32 (35%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  4. Cracknell – Dorsett – McCann9:50

    xG 0.40–0.64 (38%)attempts 6–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Hutton9:18

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Weber2:06

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Bartkowski – Hutton2:37

    xG 0.02–0.11 (15%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Richardson – Martinook9:29

    xG 0.40–0.09 (82%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Boedker – Domi5:15

    xG 0.29–0.02 (95%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Vermette – Rieder – Duclair8:21

    xG 0.30–0.13 (70%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  4. Gordon – Downie – Gaudet7:44

    xG 0.36–0.23 (61%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Ekman-Larsson18:39

    xG 0.62–0.38 (62%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Michalek – Dahlbeck14:54

    xG 0.67–0.56 (55%)attempts 16–13goals 1–2

  3. Grossmann – Murphy11:19

    xG 0.15–0.15 (51%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

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 2.2 xGVAN 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 69/100 · #365 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 51% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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