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Wed, Jan 4, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Arizona Coyotes 0, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 72% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI01002010022
VAN1707210324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:51VANSven BaertschiGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P3 6:53VANBrandon SutterUnassisted · Backhand, 0.31 xG0–2
  3. P3 13:43VANBo HorvatAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Chris Tanev · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 1:41ARIMike Smith: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  2. P2 11:31VANNikita Tryamkin: Holding2 min
  3. P3 6:53ARILuke Schenn: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P3 14:38ARIMartin Hanzal: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 16:44VANTroy Stecher: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
44% to win56% to win
← ARI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVAN
22Shots on goal24
1.7Expected goals2.8
48Shot attempts51
25Faceoffs won35
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits11
15Blocked shots13
3Giveaways5
3Takeaways16

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. Doan – McGinn – Holland2:45

    xG 0.04–0.05 (45%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Hanzal – Rieder11:51

    xG 0.32–0.35 (48%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Martinook – Jooris – Crouse11:30

    xG 0.28–0.31 (47%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Duclair – Dvorak9:06

    xG 0.21–0.43 (33%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Connauton – Murphy10:34

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

  2. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson17:13

    xG 0.36–0.60 (38%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Stone20:38

    xG 0.23–0.79 (23%)attempts 13–23goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Baertschi – Horvat7:56

    xG 0.59–0.01 (98%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  2. Skille – Chaput – Gaunce8:11

    xG 0.32–0.07 (83%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Sutter – Granlund11:41

    xG 0.57–0.36 (61%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Megna12:51

    xG 0.42–0.43 (49%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Tanev16:06

    xG 0.74–0.33 (70%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Stecher18:15

    xG 0.75–0.45 (62%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  3. Hutton – Tryamkin13:46

    xG 0.38–0.15 (71%)attempts 11–9goals 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 2.8 xGARI 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1178 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 72% 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).