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Wed, Mar 14, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 0, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 70% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN09012011032
ANA112114111337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:26ANABrandon MontourGWGAssists: Jason Chimera · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:44ANAJason ChimeraAssists: Chris Kelly · Slap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:17ANABrandon MontourPPAssists: Nick Ritchie, Ondrej Kase · Tip-in, 0.28 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:23VANDerrick Pouliot: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P2 0:35VANSam Gagner: Interference2 min
  3. P2 1:50ANAAdam Henrique: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 7:28ANAHampus Lindholm: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 7:43VANJacob Markstrom: Interference2 min
  6. P3 13:51VANDaniel Sedin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 18:41VANAlexander Edler: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:41VANDaniel Sedin: Misconduct10 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Henrique won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
32Shots on goal37
2.9Expected goals4.1
54Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won29
2Power plays6
22Penalty minutes4
25Hits33
10Blocked shots11
17Giveaways14
8Takeaways7

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. bestDowd – Boucher – Motte7:09

    xG 0.61–0.27 (69%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Leipsic – Horvat – Virtanen7:19

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen7:36

    xG 0.27–0.10 (73%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Leipsic – Horvat – Goldobin2:55

    xG 0.10–0.06 (62%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Hutton11:57

    xG 0.63–0.35 (64%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Del Zotto – Stecher15:56

    xG 0.71–0.48 (60%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Pouliot15:37

    xG 0.77–0.99 (44%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Ritchie – Kase9:35

    xG 0.81–0.08 (91%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg11:26

    xG 0.53–0.20 (72%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Chimera – Kelly – Grant7:15

    xG 0.17–0.42 (29%)attempts 5–9goals 2–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell14:08

    xG 0.49–1.11 (31%)attempts 9–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Montour14:14

    xG 0.94–0.64 (59%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Manson2:40

    xG 0.23–0.06 (79%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm11:50

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 10–4goals 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.

ANA 4.1 xGVAN 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ANA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ANA is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1223 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 70% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

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

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