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Thu, Oct 25, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 1, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 85% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN0911108128
ARI08111311430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:43ARIAlex GoligoskiAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Nick Cousins · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:23VANDarren ArchibaldAssists: Troy Stecher, Adam Gaudette · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:55ARIClayton KellerGWGAssists: Alex Galchenyuk · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:16ARIBrad RichardsonSHAssists: Kevin Connauton · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:00ARILawson CrouseENAssists: Michael Grabner · Wrist, 0.47 xG1–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:59VANLoui Eriksson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:58ARIVinnie Hinostroza: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:43VANDerrick Pouliot: Interference2 min
  4. P2 9:18VANAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:18ARILawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 14:13VANAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 14:13VANAntoine Roussel: Misconduct10 min
  8. P2 14:13ARILawson Crouse: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 12:05ARIJason Demers: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 17:05ARIVinnie Hinostroza: Boarding2 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 20:00Cousins won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
28Shots on goal30
1.4Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts54
29Faceoffs won24
3Power plays3
18Penalty minutes18
22Hits17
8Blocked shots8
13Giveaways10
7Takeaways3

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. bestArchibald – Goldobin – Gaudette7:06

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 9–5goals 1–1

  2. Sutter – Roussel – Virtanen7:28

    xG 0.10–0.24 (30%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Granlund – Schaller – Motte6:08

    xG 0.09–0.36 (19%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Eriksson – Leipsic – Horvat13:00

    xG 0.41–0.72 (37%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Hutton14:06

    xG 0.29–0.16 (65%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Biega – Del Zotto14:35

    xG 0.33–0.45 (42%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  3. Pouliot – Stecher10:10

    xG 0.38–0.86 (31%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestGalchenyuk – Crouse – Keller5:50

    xG 0.50–0.05 (91%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Grabner – Hinostroza6:25

    xG 0.39–0.11 (78%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Perlini – Fischer9:31

    xG 0.35–0.17 (67%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Archibald – Cousins – Strome5:08

    xG 0.24–0.18 (58%)attempts 6–3goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestConnauton – Oesterle6:55

    xG 0.45–0.16 (74%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson8:43

    xG 0.34–0.13 (72%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson13:11

    xG 0.47–0.38 (55%)attempts 8–13goals 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 3.6 xGVAN 1.4 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 32/100 · #819 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 85% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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