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Mon, Feb 25, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 0, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 54% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0140807029
VAN26110113429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:04VANNikolay GoldobinGWGAssists: Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:40VANAlex BiegaAssists: Derrick Pouliot, Ryan Spooner · Snap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:22VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–3
  4. P3 7:12VANBo HorvatAssists: Josh Leivo · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:09ANADerek Grant: Holding2 min
  2. P1 13:21VANAntoine Roussel: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 1:40ANABrendan Guhle: Boarding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 18:48VANBo Horvat: Interference2 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 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
29Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals2.6
56Shot attempts69
27Faceoffs won32
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
14Hits20
18Blocked shots14
4Giveaways7
2Takeaways7

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. bestKesler – Rowney – Ritchie4:22

    xG 0.28–0.02 (94%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Perry – Rakell – Sprong3:52

    xG 0.29–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Grant – Silfverberg – Shore5:29

    xG 0.35–0.14 (71%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  4. Grant – Terry – Jones4:42

    xG 0.37–0.17 (69%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolzer – Guhle7:40

    xG 0.66–0.15 (82%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  2. Fowler – Megna12:32

    xG 0.45–0.18 (72%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Guhle6:42

    xG 0.14–0.11 (56%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Granlund – Horvat3:29

    xG 0.19–0.00 (99%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson9:50

    xG 0.41–0.34 (55%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  3. Roussel – Granlund – Gaudette8:08

    xG 0.17–0.37 (32%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Spooner – Leivo – Horvat9:58

    xG 0.41–0.64 (39%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. Biega – Pouliot14:31

    xG 0.41–0.53 (44%)attempts 12–16goals 2–0

  2. Hutton – Stecher20:18

    xG 0.47–0.77 (38%)attempts 20–20goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Sautner13:12

    xG 0.35–0.67 (34%)attempts 20–14goals 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.

VAN 2.6 xGANA 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1228 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 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 54% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

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