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Sun, Feb 25, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 3, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 65% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN11001126327
ARI014013115142

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:16VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Derrick Pouliot, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:18ARIAlex GoligoskiPPAssists: Derek Stepan, Brendan Perlini · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:43VANDaniel SedinGWGAssists: Brock Boeser, Troy Stecher · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:08VANDarren ArchibaldSHAssists: Brandon Sutter, Troy Stecher · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:43ARIBrad Richardson: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  2. P1 3:58VANNic Dowd: Bench2 min
  3. P1 14:49VANDaniel Sedin: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 1:34ARIBrad Richardson: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:03VANTroy Stecher: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 12:04VANJake Virtanen: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 12:24ARIJakob Chychrun: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 19:02ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 8:11VANHenrik Sedin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 12:37VANErik Gudbranson: 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
27Shots on goal42
3.8Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts76
32Faceoffs won24
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
21Hits26
18Blocked shots10
4Giveaways10
4Takeaways8

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. bestEriksson – Sutter – Archibald6:55

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Boeser3:59

    xG 0.27–0.14 (65%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Dowd2:02

    xG 0.04–0.06 (39%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser5:07

    xG 0.05–0.25 (17%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Stecher11:42

    xG 0.57–0.43 (57%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Gudbranson12:28

    xG 0.48–0.55 (47%)attempts 10–21goals 0–0

  3. Pouliot – Hutton11:41

    xG 0.20–0.57 (26%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDomi – Dvorak – Keller4:31

    xG 0.41–0.07 (86%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Rinaldo – Hamilton – Archibald5:58

    xG 0.27–0.08 (78%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook5:46

    xG 0.23–0.21 (52%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Perlini – Keller4:25

    xG 0.06–0.05 (52%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun9:02

    xG 0.78–0.19 (80%)attempts 20–7goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson3:18

    xG 0.19–0.07 (74%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson14:38

    xG 0.64–0.60 (52%)attempts 19–11goals 0–1

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 2.8 xGVAN 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #655 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 65% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).