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Thu, Jan 10, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Arizona Coyotes 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 66% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ARI07261811422
VAN0521411403336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:26ARIRichard PanikAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza, Brad Richardson · Snap, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:23VANSven BaertschiAssists: Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:05ARINick CousinsAssists: Richard Panik, Vinnie Hinostroza · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:27VANAdam GaudetteAssists: Antoine Roussel, Ben Hutton · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:57ARIConor GarlandAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P3 15:35VANSven BaertschiAssists: Troy Stecher · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:10ARIRichard PanikGWGAssists: Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 18:58VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 17:05ARIAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 5:52VANBrandon Sutter: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 11:39ARIDerek Stepan: High sticking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVAN
22Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals3.2
41Shot attempts65
25Faceoffs won37
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
21Hits23
16Blocked shots11
3Giveaways4
3Takeaways9

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKempe – Dauphin – Crouse9:36

    xG 0.73–0.08 (91%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Richardson – Panik – Hinostroza9:00

    xG 0.35–0.11 (76%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Stepan – Fischer – Keller11:59

    xG 0.08–0.30 (20%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Cousins – Galchenyuk – Garland10:03

    xG 0.39–0.84 (31%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestChychrun – Lyubushkin13:10

    xG 0.84–0.40 (68%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson16:34

    xG 0.38–0.29 (57%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Oesterle15:27

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 11–14goals 2–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBaertschi – Horvat – Boeser7:22

    xG 0.87–0.01 (99%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  2. Baertschi – Virtanen – Gaudette5:40

    xG 0.40–0.18 (69%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Sutter – Roussel – Granlund8:17

    xG 0.31–0.12 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser8:31

    xG 0.03–0.40 (8%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Hutton16:55

    xG 0.97–0.68 (59%)attempts 16–16goals 0–1

  2. Edler – Tanev15:50

    xG 0.21–0.07 (74%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Pouliot – Stecher16:53

    xG 0.61–0.63 (50%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

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.

VAN 3.2 xGARI 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #148 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.39 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 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 66% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

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

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