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Thu, Feb 28, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 2, Arizona Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 59% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN112010117239
ARI2621216524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:58ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Lawson Crouse, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:01VANTanner PearsonAssists: Ryan Spooner · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:45ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Richard Panik, Vinnie Hinostroza · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:49ARIBrad RichardsonGWGAssists: Richard Panik, Vinnie Hinostroza · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:25ARIAlex GalchenyukPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:29VANAntoine RousselAssists: Alex Biega, Ben Hutton · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:03ARIBrad RichardsonAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza, Richard Panik · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:24VANJay Beagle: Interference2 min
  2. P1 3:24ARIIlya Lyubushkin: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 9:49ARIBrad Richardson: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 15:59ARIConor Garland: Kneeing2 min
  5. P2 15:44VANBen Hutton: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 16:51VANAntoine Roussel: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 1:48VANAdam Gaudette: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P3 17:18ARIAlex Goligoski: Holding2 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 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Richardson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
39Shots on goal24
2.7Expected goals2.2
79Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
29Hits19
11Blocked shots19
6Giveaways8
7Takeaways8

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. bestLeivo – Pearson – Pettersson8:09

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Eriksson – Beagle – Motte7:58

    xG 0.29–0.12 (70%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Spooner – Boeser – Gaudette2:59

    xG 0.21–0.08 (73%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Horvat – Goldobin3:46

    xG 0.20–0.14 (59%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Sautner11:45

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Biega15:02

    xG 0.68–0.78 (46%)attempts 24–15goals 1–2

  3. Hutton – Stecher14:33

    xG 0.54–0.66 (45%)attempts 22–15goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Panik – Hinostroza11:03

    xG 0.89–0.35 (72%)attempts 18–11goals 3–0

  2. Cousins – Galchenyuk – Keller6:29

    xG 0.23–0.10 (69%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  3. Stepan – Archibald – Crouse5:45

    xG 0.22–0.24 (47%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Kempe – Dvorak – Garland5:38

    xG 0.07–0.24 (22%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – Lyubushkin8:25

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun13:12

    xG 0.52–0.46 (53%)attempts 16–22goals 1–0

  3. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson13:36

    xG 0.61–0.60 (50%)attempts 9–17goals 2–1

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 2.2 xGVAN 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 52/100 · #616 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 59% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

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

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