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Wed, Mar 7, 2018·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Arizona Coyotes 2, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 67% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI11608110234
VAN170406117

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:20ARIClayton KellerPPAssists: Brendan Perlini, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:44VANJussi JokinenAssists: Brendan Leipsic, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:02ARIDerek StepanGWGAssists: Clayton Keller, Brendan Perlini · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:12VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:42VANDarren Archibald: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:56ARINick Cousins: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 19:34VANHenrik 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVAN
34Shots on goal17
3.0Expected goals2.0
63Shot attempts40
24Faceoffs won24
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
19Hits35
11Blocked shots19
1Giveaways8
5Takeaways7

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. bestDomi – Dvorak – Fischer8:03

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Perlini – Keller12:17

    xG 0.49–0.44 (53%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Panik – Archibald – Dauphin7:39

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook13:35

    xG 0.42–0.41 (51%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Chychrun16:39

    xG 0.84–0.45 (65%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Connauton2:09

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson16:18

    xG 0.26–0.38 (41%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Gagner – Boucher – Goldobin5:31

    xG 0.12–0.10 (54%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Leipsic – Horvat – Virtanen12:19

    xG 0.30–0.41 (42%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Archibald – Motte9:05

    xG 0.28–0.52 (35%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Jokinen11:01

    xG 0.24–0.52 (32%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Pouliot20:02

    xG 0.76–0.73 (51%)attempts 16–21goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Hutton15:08

    xG 0.35–0.36 (49%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Stecher16:54

    xG 0.41–0.75 (36%)attempts 7–20goals 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.

VAN 2.0 xGARI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #990 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +51 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 67% 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).