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Tue, Jan 2, 2018·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 51% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA2121629527
VAN01101208031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:56ANAAdam HenriqueGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Josh Manson · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:44ANARickard RakellAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:00ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Josh Manson · Deflected, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P3 0:20ANAAntoine VermetteAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Rickard Rakell · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–0
  5. P3 7:21ANADerek GrantAssists: Josh Manson, Nick Ritchie · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:17VANMichael Del Zotto: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:24ANAAndrew Cogliano: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:35ANAChris Wagner: Interference2 min
  4. P2 7:14VANTroy Stecher: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 11:45VANMichael Chaput: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 11:45ANAChris Wagner: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 12:15ANAKevin Bieksa: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 8:11ANAAndrew Cogliano: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% 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
27Shots on goal31
2.3Expected goals2.3
43Shot attempts61
34Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
19Hits23
14Blocked shots10
4Giveaways4
6Takeaways8

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. bestGrant – Wagner – Shaw6:54

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Getzlaf – Rakell9:50

    xG 0.46–0.24 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 2–0

  3. Henrique – Roy – Ritchie11:25

    xG 0.42–0.49 (46%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:41

    xG 0.25–0.43 (37%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindholm – Montour4:44

    xG 0.28–0.09 (75%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm12:21

    xG 0.46–0.32 (58%)attempts 11–11goals 4–0

  3. Holzer – Manson4:35

    xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Eriksson – Dowd – Granlund10:26

    xG 0.34–0.36 (49%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

  2. Chaput – Boucher – Gaunce5:54

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Vanek – Gagner – Boeser12:41

    xG 0.38–0.57 (40%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Goldobin11:36

    xG 0.31–0.70 (31%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Pouliot14:20

    xG 0.39–0.24 (62%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Stecher14:54

    xG 0.28–0.50 (36%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Del Zotto – Tanev14:56

    xG 0.75–0.98 (43%)attempts 17–13goals 0–3

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 2.3 xGANA 2.3 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 7/100 · #1186 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 51% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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