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Sun, Mar 11, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 0, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 60% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN04010013027
ARI0611404124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 15:07ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonPPGWGAssists: Derek Stepan, Clayton Keller · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 1:49VANDerrick Pouliot: Interference2 min
  2. P2 13:40VANDerrick Pouliot: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 6:28ARIJason Demers: 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 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Dowd
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
27Shots on goal24
2.0Expected goals2.5
59Shot attempts60
33Faceoffs won22
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
34Hits27
23Blocked shots18
9Giveaways5
1Takeaways7

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. bestSedin – Sedin – Gagner2:06

    xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Leipsic – Horvat – Goldobin8:38

    xG 0.59–0.51 (54%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Goldobin3:09

    xG 0.13–0.08 (60%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Jokinen5:29

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Gudbranson14:42

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  2. Pouliot – Hutton13:15

    xG 0.19–0.38 (33%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Stecher17:01

    xG 0.73–0.93 (44%)attempts 17–20goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDomi – Perlini – Dvorak13:05

    xG 0.48–0.33 (59%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Stepan – Panik – Keller10:12

    xG 0.50–0.38 (57%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  3. Hamilton – Archibald – Fischer7:02

    xG 0.03–0.05 (33%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook11:48

    xG 0.29–0.50 (36%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun14:58

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Connauton15:23

    xG 0.44–0.40 (52%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson2:12

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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.

ARI 2.5 xGVAN 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1265 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.59 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 60% 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).