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Fri, Jan 1, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 1, Vancouver Canucks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 68% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ANA0919010000128
VAN060918021225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:24ANARyan KeslerPPAssists: Chris Stewart, Mike Santorelli · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P3 10:24VANChris TanevAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Linden Vey · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Alexandre Burrows scored
  2. 2. ANA Ryan Kesler stopped
  3. 3. VAN Radim Vrbata stopped
  4. 4. ANA Jakob Silfverberg stopped
  5. 5. VAN Linden Vey stopped
  6. 6. ANA Corey Perry stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:43ANAShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:31VANMatt Bartkowski: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:31VANYannick Weber: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P3 0:33ANAJakob Silfverberg: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 15:28ANARyan Kesler: Tripping2 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
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Horcoff
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
28Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals1.5
55Shot attempts38
32Faceoffs won19
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
16Hits15
5Blocked shots13
3Giveaways10
3Takeaways3

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 – Rakell11:00

    xG 0.54–0.13 (81%)attempts 13–4goals 0–1

  2. Horcoff – Santorelli – Cogliano9:48

    xG 0.61–0.42 (59%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Hagelin – Silfverberg11:54

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Thompson – Stewart – Maroon7:26

    xG 0.02–0.16 (10%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Theodore11:50

    xG 0.50–0.16 (75%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Vatanen17:32

    xG 0.39–0.30 (57%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Manson – Lindholm14:32

    xG 0.32–0.35 (47%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Prust – Cracknell3:55

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Higgins – Dorsett – Vey6:08

    xG 0.06–0.05 (57%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Dorsett – Vey2:45

    xG 0.03–0.03 (54%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen12:13

    xG 0.19–0.22 (45%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Tanev16:00

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 7–16goals 1–0

  2. Weber – Hutton14:09

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Bartkowski15:10

    xG 0.22–0.75 (23%)attempts 8–17goals 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 1.5 xGANA 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 57/100 · #513 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 68% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

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