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Thu, Jan 16, 2020·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Arizona Coyotes 1, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

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

VAN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI114010011135
VAN191917325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:59ARIChristian DvorakAssists: Taylor Hall, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Snap, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:01VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:49VANJake VirtanenGWGAssists: J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:15VANTanner PearsonENAssists: Loui Eriksson, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.66 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:31ARIMichael Chaput: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 13:09ARIIlya Lyubushkin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:40VANTyler Motte: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:04VANOscar Fantenberg: Tripping2 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
45% to win55% to win
← ARI attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dvorak won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVAN
35Shots on goal25
2.7Expected goals3.0
58Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won24
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits16
17Blocked shots10
4Giveaways7
4Takeaways8

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. bestGrabner – Chaput – Hinostroza8:24

    xG 0.69–0.06 (92%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Soderberg – Schmaltz – Keller8:25

    xG 0.49–0.41 (55%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Hall – Dvorak – Garland13:45

    xG 0.71–0.71 (50%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  4. Kessel – Stepan – Crouse10:24

    xG 0.35–0.47 (43%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Chychrun10:29

    xG 0.73–0.40 (65%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun5:07

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Lyubushkin10:16

    xG 0.48–0.38 (56%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Pearson – Horvat10:37

    xG 0.57–0.34 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  2. Sutter – Beagle – Motte11:40

    xG 0.28–0.51 (36%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Virtanen – Pettersson12:10

    xG 0.59–0.82 (42%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  4. Roussel – Boeser – Gaudette9:26

    xG 0.27–0.66 (29%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Myers2:38

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Hughes2:02

    xG 0.04–0.03 (58%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Tanev2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 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 3.0 xGARI 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 21/100 · #881 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 winsARI wins

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

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