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Tue, Mar 26, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

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

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1112924524
VAN21006216432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:09ANASam SteelUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:50VANJake VirtanenAssists: Tim Schaller, Jay Beagle · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:00VANAlexander EdlerAssists: Josh Leivo, Troy Stecher · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:16ANASam SteelAssists: Kiefer Sherwood · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:09ANASam SteelUnassisted · Backhand, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:44ANARickard RakellPPAssists: Adam Henrique, Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 11:22ANAKiefer SherwoodGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–2
  8. P3 13:34VANJosh LeivoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–3
  9. P3 14:28VANTanner PearsonAssists: Troy Stecher, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.22 xG5–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 0:43ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 4:34VANLoui Eriksson: Holding2 min
  3. P2 19:09VANMarkus Granlund: Penalty shot throwing object at puck0 min
  4. P3 6:55VANJosh Teves: Hooking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
24Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals2.2
42Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won32
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
18Hits36
12Blocked shots11
4Giveaways8
2Takeaways9

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. bestTerry – Steel – Sherwood8:46

    xG 0.61–0.32 (66%)attempts 10–4goals 4–0

  2. Silfverberg – Rakell – Shore12:52

    xG 0.48–0.19 (72%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Henrique – Sprong10:11

    xG 0.45–0.39 (54%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Rowney – Jones12:32

    xG 0.13–0.35 (27%)attempts 8–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Welinski16:03

    xG 0.72–0.65 (52%)attempts 16–15goals 3–1

  2. Manson – Lindholm19:59

    xG 0.49–0.64 (44%)attempts 13–19goals 1–3

  3. Holzer – Megna13:35

    xG 0.52–0.69 (43%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLeivo – Pearson – Horvat4:04

    xG 0.92–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 2–0

  2. Virtanen – Boeser – Pettersson2:09

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Beagle – Schaller – Virtanen4:48

    xG 0.09–0.10 (48%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  4. Granlund – Baertschi – Gaudette6:10

    xG 0.09–0.11 (44%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBiega – Teves11:13

    xG 0.86–0.32 (73%)attempts 10–11goals 0–2

  2. Schenn – Sautner10:10

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Biega – Sautner5:53

    xG 0.05–0.01 (79%)attempts 6–2goals 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.

VAN 2.2 xGANA 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 83/100 · #228 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).