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Wed, Nov 23, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 4, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN11131006427
ARI01711207136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:08VANSven BaertschiAssists: Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:58ARIChristian DvorakAssists: Tony DeAngelo, Alex Goligoski · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:18VANLoui ErikssonGWGAssists: Markus Granlund, Luca Sbisa · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:35VANBo HorvatAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Sven Baertschi · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:49VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Sven Baertschi, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:59ARILawson Crouse: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 18:11VANAlexandre Burrows: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:19ARIMax Domi: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:47VANBo Horvat: 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
44% to win56% to win
← VAN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
27Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts69
35Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits27
11Blocked shots8
5Giveaways11
2Takeaways3

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. bestBurrows – Baertschi – Horvat11:47

    xG 0.58–0.26 (69%)attempts 9–13goals 3–0

  2. Eriksson – Chaput – Granlund11:08

    xG 0.58–0.48 (55%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  3. LaBate – Gaunce – Megna4:55

    xG 0.02–0.13 (16%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Sutter14:35

    xG 0.13–0.97 (12%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Stecher14:57

    xG 0.55–0.41 (57%)attempts 9–18goals 1–1

  2. Gudbranson – Hutton19:21

    xG 0.59–0.89 (40%)attempts 12–20goals 1–0

  3. Sbisa – Tryamkin14:51

    xG 0.64–0.95 (40%)attempts 14–23goals 2–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – Duclair – Dvorak7:20

    xG 0.51–0.22 (69%)attempts 13–7goals 1–1

  2. McGinn – White – Martinook2:37

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. White – Dauphin – Crouse3:56

    xG 0.15–0.03 (82%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Duclair – Domi – Dvorak4:27

    xG 0.21–0.11 (65%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy19:11

    xG 0.93–0.29 (76%)attempts 22–9goals 0–1

  2. Goligoski – Stone2:26

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Connauton10:39

    xG 0.27–0.30 (48%)attempts 13–8goals 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.

ARI 2.7 xGVAN 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 28/100 · #846 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 56% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

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

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