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Tue, Jan 10, 2017·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Vancouver Canucks 1, Nashville Predators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 64% of the time.

NSH winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN0401111302130
NSH081100711226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:35NSHAustin WatsonAssists: Mike Fisher, Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:11VANBrandon SutterAssists: Sven Baertschi, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:58NSHCalle JarnkrokSHGWGAssists: Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:34VANJack Skille: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 12:30VANTroy Stecher: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 13:41NSHRyan Ellis: Holding2 min
  4. P3 14:36NSHFilip Forsberg: Tripping2 min
  5. OT 3:20NSHMattias Ekholm: 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 SOG0NSH
44% to win56% to win
← VAN attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fisher won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANNSH
30Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals1.7
55Shot attempts48
29Faceoffs won34
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
32Hits21
9Blocked shots15
8Giveaways15
10Takeaways8

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. bestSkille – Chaput – Gaunce7:03

    xG 0.60–0.14 (81%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson13:51

    xG 0.50–0.28 (64%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Granlund – Megna11:41

    xG 0.24–0.07 (77%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Burrows – Baertschi – Horvat11:57

    xG 0.15–0.58 (20%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Stecher15:44

    xG 0.56–0.44 (56%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Sbisa – Tanev15:28

    xG 0.31–0.22 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Tryamkin11:23

    xG 0.62–0.54 (53%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson13:09

    xG 0.60–0.29 (68%)attempts 19–8goals 0–0

  2. Fisher – Watson – Sissons11:04

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Jarnkrok – Aberg – Fiala4:17

    xG 0.03–0.04 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Smith – Fiala3:56

    xG 0.06–0.09 (42%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Irwin18:24

    xG 0.54–0.26 (68%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Josi – Ellis20:12

    xG 0.75–0.80 (48%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  3. Weber – Bitetto11:20

    xG 0.16–0.49 (24%)attempts 5–11goals 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.

NSH 1.7 xGVAN 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #601 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 64% of the time.

NSH winsVAN wins

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

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