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Fri, Apr 1, 2016·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 76% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0911326328
ANA1808120236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:48ANAJosh MansonAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:22VANBo HorvatAssists: Jannik Hansen · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:42ANANate ThompsonAssists: Chris Wagner · Tip-in, 0.25 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:02VANDan HamhuisAssists: Henrik Sedin, Jannik Hansen · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:23VANEmerson EtemGWGAssists: Alex Biega, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:44ANACorey Perry: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:18ANARyan Kesler: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:07VANNikita Tryamkin: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 10:07ANAChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 19:24VANAlex Biega: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
47% to win54% to win
← VAN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
28Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals4.0
52Shot attempts61
28Faceoffs won31
2Power plays1
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits30
8Blocked shots13
11Giveaways14
5Takeaways5

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. bestHiggins – Etem – Horvat5:46

    xG 0.28–0.05 (84%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Vey – Granlund – McCann6:56

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Etem – Gaunce – Horvat6:28

    xG 0.38–0.59 (39%)attempts 5–8goals 1–1

  4. Burrows – Granlund – McCann5:04

    xG 0.18–0.43 (29%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Biega – Bartkowski15:23

    xG 0.64–0.70 (47%)attempts 14–13goals 2–0

  2. Hutton – Tryamkin12:12

    xG 0.50–0.77 (40%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Tanev14:34

    xG 0.58–1.22 (32%)attempts 16–14goals 1–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg12:47

    xG 1.07–0.26 (80%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  2. Thompson – Wagner – Garbutt8:12

    xG 0.69–0.11 (86%)attempts 12–3goals 1–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – McGinn13:38

    xG 0.80–0.68 (54%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  4. Horcoff – Stewart – Pirri4:32

    xG 0.06–0.34 (14%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Vatanen13:16

    xG 0.57–0.16 (79%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Holzer – Theodore2:10

    xG 0.41–0.09 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Holzer – Fowler11:45

    xG 0.66–0.41 (61%)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.

ANA 4.0 xGVAN 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #450 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 76% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

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

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