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Thu, Feb 18, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 75% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA010213310533
VAN090626221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:03ANARickard RakellAssists: Sami Vatanen, Mike Santorelli · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:25ANASami VatanenPPAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Slap, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 4:14ANARyan GetzlafGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 4:41ANAJosh MansonAssists: Rickard Rakell, Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–0
  5. P3 6:18VANJannik HansenAssists: Daniel Sedin · Deflected, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P3 11:58VANSven BaertschiPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:29ANAKevin BieksaENAssists: Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.40 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:39VANJake Virtanen: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:38ANAAndrew Cogliano: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:10VANAdam Cracknell: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:35ANARyan Kesler: Interference2 min
  5. P2 17:16ANADavid Perron: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 2:40VANDerek Dorsett: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 2:40ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 11:16ANADavid Perron: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 13:24VANAdam Cracknell: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
47% to win54% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
33Shots on goal21
2.6Expected goals1.3
49Shot attempts41
36Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
22Hits23
14Blocked shots7
7Giveaways10
6Takeaways2

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. bestPerry – Rakell – Ritchie10:48

    xG 0.80–0.19 (81%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Santorelli – Perron9:00

    xG 0.17–0.06 (75%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Thompson – Maroon – Garbutt7:39

    xG 0.06–0.06 (51%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg7:10

    xG 0.03–0.45 (6%)attempts 4–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm14:20

    xG 0.73–0.44 (63%)attempts 12–18goals 1–1

  2. Bieksa – Fowler13:35

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Despres – Vatanen12:34

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Hansen9:12

    xG 0.48–0.14 (77%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Burrows – Cracknell – Virtanen3:18

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Cracknell – Dorsett – Virtanen4:11

    xG 0.09–0.11 (44%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Dorsett – Horvat4:19

    xG 0.11–0.21 (34%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Bartkowski8:27

    xG 0.41–0.10 (80%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Hutton14:25

    xG 0.14–0.12 (53%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Sbisa10:11

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 10–10goals 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 1.3 xGANA 2.6 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 62/100 · #445 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 75% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).