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Tue, Mar 27, 2018·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 82% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA091906124
VAN1150738430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:07VANSam GagnerAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:06ANAAndrew CoglianoAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:03VANAlex BiegaGWGAssists: Darren Archibald, Brandon Sutter · Slap, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:30VANBrandon SutterUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:44VANBrandon SutterENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.69 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 2:47VANAshton Sautner: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 6:50ANAJosh Manson: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 17:37VANBrandon Sutter: Tripping2 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 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
24Shots on goal30
1.6Expected goals3.4
46Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won24
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
20Hits24
8Blocked shots17
7Giveaways7
4Takeaways4

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. bestHenrique – Ritchie – Terry4:01

    xG 0.10–0.02 (80%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:10

    xG 0.51–0.57 (47%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell15:39

    xG 0.22–0.29 (44%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  4. Chimera – Grant – Ritchie4:23

    xG 0.16–0.39 (29%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Manson – Lindholm17:55

    xG 0.34–0.59 (37%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Montour17:34

    xG 0.49–0.77 (39%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  3. Beauchemin – Pettersson11:21

    xG 0.20–0.86 (19%)attempts 5–18goals 0–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Horvat – Goldobin11:47

    xG 0.49–0.13 (79%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Dowd – Boucher – Virtanen4:57

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Gagner11:15

    xG 0.58–0.29 (67%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. Boucher – Horvat – Virtanen2:16

    xG 0.24–0.09 (73%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Sautner10:19

    xG 0.45–0.07 (86%)attempts 13–3goals 1–0

  2. Edler – Stecher20:36

    xG 0.74–0.37 (67%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Pouliot2:41

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 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.

VAN 3.4 xGANA 1.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #897 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 82% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

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