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Wed, Nov 21, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 3, Anaheim Ducks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 74% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01011127328
ANA110114213437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:13ANARyan GetzlafUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:15VANDerrick PouliotAssists: Sam Gagner, Bo Horvat · Snap, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:14ANAOndrej KasePPAssists: Josh Mahura, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:09ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Brandon Montour, Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:07VANNikolay GoldobinAssists: Jake Virtanen · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:53ANAKalle KossilaGWGAssists: Brian Gibbons, Nick Ritchie · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:16VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Nikolay Goldobin, Ben Hutton · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:48VANElias Pettersson: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:33VANTroy Stecher: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:50ANARyan Getzlaf: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:10VANLoui Eriksson: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 5:02VANDerrick Pouliot: Closing hand on puck2 min
  6. P3 14:36ANANick Ritchie: Roughing2 min · PPG

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 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
28Shots on goal37
2.7Expected goals4.3
60Shot attempts63
32Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
31Hits29
12Blocked shots12
8Giveaways15
1Takeaways3

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. bestGagner – Motte – Horvat8:47

    xG 0.47–0.15 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Virtanen – Goldobin – Pettersson2:41

    xG 0.12–0.02 (86%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Archibald – Schaller – Gaudette2:09

    xG 0.05–0.06 (41%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Granlund – Virtanen7:04

    xG 0.49–0.63 (44%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Stecher15:35

    xG 0.78–0.30 (73%)attempts 22–13goals 1–0

  2. Gudbranson – Hutton12:15

    xG 0.52–0.53 (49%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Pouliot14:34

    xG 0.34–1.24 (22%)attempts 10–16goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGibbons – Ritchie – Kossila6:53

    xG 0.48–0.12 (80%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Silfverberg – Aberg10:31

    xG 0.45–0.16 (73%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  3. Getzlaf – Rakell – Kase11:40

    xG 0.65–0.72 (47%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Sherwood9:41

    xG 0.65–0.74 (47%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWelinski – Pettersson9:18

    xG 0.91–0.19 (83%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Larsson16:50

    xG 0.58–0.37 (61%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  3. Welinski – Montour2:15

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

ANA 4.3 xGVAN 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 56/100 · #548 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 74% 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).