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Wed, Feb 13, 2019·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 0, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 56% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01508012035
ANA1606010122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:30ANAJakob SilfverbergGWGAssists: Devin Shore, Derek Grant · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 7:55VANJosh Leivo: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 7:55ANARyan Kesler: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:32VANJake Virtanen: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 10:11ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 10:11ANADevin Shore: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 10:11VANErik Gudbranson: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 17:22ANARyan Getzlaf: Interference2 min
  8. P2 1:30VANErik Gudbranson: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 1:30ANARyan Getzlaf: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 5:12VANBen Hutton: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 11:33VANJay Beagle: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 1:38ANANick Ritchie: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 7:10ANARickard Rakell: Slashing2 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 Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
35Shots on goal22
2.4Expected goals2.1
73Shot attempts43
26Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
18Penalty minutes20
15Hits29
12Blocked shots23
16Giveaways18
7Takeaways6

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. bestRoussel – Horvat – Virtanen5:04

    xG 0.39–0.19 (67%)attempts 9–3goals 0–1

  2. Granlund – Gaudette – MacEwen2:26

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson2:59

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Horvat – MacEwen4:13

    xG 0.02–0.03 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Pouliot9:55

    xG 0.63–0.23 (73%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Hutton – Stecher16:56

    xG 0.70–0.30 (70%)attempts 24–12goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Gudbranson7:37

    xG 0.20–0.45 (31%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Grant – Silfverberg – Shore10:11

    xG 0.39–0.39 (50%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell12:46

    xG 0.26–0.39 (40%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Rowney – Jones7:30

    xG 0.25–0.42 (37%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Ritchie – Sprong8:20

    xG 0.00–0.36 (0%)attempts 2–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm15:10

    xG 0.92–0.29 (76%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Megna – Montour10:21

    xG 0.19–0.13 (59%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Del Zotto – Fowler17:00

    xG 0.28–1.19 (19%)attempts 9–36goals 1–0

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 2.1 xGVAN 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1257 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 56% 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).