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Wed, Mar 9, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Arizona Coyotes 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 52% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ARI0102130902234
VAN015260614331

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:57ARITobias RiederPPAssists: Alex Tanguay, Michael Stone · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:41ARIKevin ConnautonAssists: Anthony Duclair, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:55VANRadim VrbataAssists: Yannick Weber · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:38VANLuca SbisaAssists: Ben Hutton, Sven Baertschi · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:42VANMarkus GranlundGWGAssists: Jake Virtanen · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:47ARIAntoine Vermette: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:01ARINicklas Grossmann: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:34ARIShane Doan: Holding2 min
  4. P2 2:15VANAlex Biega: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:42ARIShane Doan: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVAN
34Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals2.3
56Shot attempts56
51Faceoffs won20
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
17Hits22
16Blocked shots11
11Giveaways15
7Takeaways5

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestGordon – Martinook – Plotnikov8:40

    xG 0.25–0.09 (74%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Hanzal – Tikhonov – Rieder12:39

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

  3. Tanguay – Vermette – Duclair12:07

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  4. Doan – Richardson – Domi13:15

    xG 0.40–0.53 (43%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestConnauton – Murphy19:22

    xG 0.71–0.15 (83%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Grossmann – Stone17:04

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  3. Michalek – Dahlbeck11:05

    xG 0.39–0.93 (29%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestDorsett – Gaunce – Horvat9:40

    xG 0.24–0.12 (66%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  2. Etem – Granlund – Baertschi5:16

    xG 0.10–0.05 (67%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Vrbata – Granlund – Baertschi3:57

    xG 0.07–0.10 (43%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Vey – Etem4:08

    xG 0.11–0.17 (41%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Weber17:37

    xG 0.85–0.33 (72%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  2. Biega – Bartkowski14:32

    xG 0.35–0.32 (52%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  3. Sbisa – Hutton14:16

    xG 0.06–0.79 (7%)attempts 5–21goals 1–0

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 2.3 xGARI 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #341 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 52% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

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

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