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Tue, Mar 28, 2017·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 4, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 74% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA316112011439
VAN06012117135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:23ANACorey PerryAssists: Nick Ritchie, Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:37ANAPatrick EavesGWGAssists: Rickard Rakell, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:44ANANick RitchieAssists: Josh Manson, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 3:44ANABrandon MontourAssists: Antoine Vermette · Slap, 0.02 xG4–0
  5. P3 2:34VANBrock BoeserAssists: Brandon Sutter · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:15VANLuca Sbisa: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 13:21VANBen Hutton: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:14ANASami Vatanen: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:22ANARyan Kesler: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 5:35VANJoseph LaBate: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 18:37VANHenrik Sedin: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
39Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals1.3
63Shot attempts50
32Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
22Hits28
6Blocked shots15
3Giveaways8
5Takeaways6

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Eaves – Rakell12:27

    xG 1.09–0.20 (85%)attempts 22–6goals 2–0

  2. Perry – Thompson – Ritchie10:15

    xG 0.32–0.27 (54%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg11:49

    xG 0.38–0.41 (48%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  4. Boll – Wagner – Shaw4:10

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm12:06

    xG 0.76–0.16 (83%)attempts 19–10goals 2–1

  2. Bieksa – Vatanen16:22

    xG 0.82–0.37 (69%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  3. Fowler – Montour11:02

    xG 0.26–0.20 (57%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSutter – Chaput – Boeser4:37

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Goldobin4:38

    xG 0.18–0.08 (70%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Boucher – Baertschi – Horvat3:42

    xG 0.10–0.25 (28%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Chaput7:25

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Hutton6:46

    xG 0.21–0.08 (73%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Tanev8:42

    xG 0.24–0.14 (63%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Sbisa – Tanev3:15

    xG 0.08–0.07 (51%)attempts 2–3goals 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 1.3 xGANA 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1024 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 74% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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