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Sun, Feb 16, 2020·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 57% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA21011127528
VAN01212006138

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:38ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Nick Ritchie, Jacob Larsson · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:22ANADerek GrantPPGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 7:25ANAAdam HenriquePPAssists: Troy Terry, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–0
  4. P2 11:00VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brandon Sutter · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:12ANASam SteelAssists: Devin Shore · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–1
  6. P3 13:44ANABrendan GuhleAssists: Derek Grant · Wrist, 0.17 xG5–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 11:13VANTroy Stecher: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:47ANAKorbinian Holzer: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:13VANChris Tanev: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:45ANAHampus Lindholm: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:45ANANick Ritchie: Misconduct10 min
  6. P2 13:48ANAJosh Manson: Interference2 min
  7. P2 19:57ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 19:57ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:57VANTyler Myers: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 19:57VANTyler Myers: Cross checking2 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
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
28Shots on goal38
2.5Expected goals3.0
48Shot attempts68
18Faceoffs won40
2Power plays3
20Penalty minutes8
19Hits11
16Blocked shots14
3Giveaways7
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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Rakell – Jones11:35

    xG 0.73–0.49 (60%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Ritchie – Terry9:36

    xG 0.34–0.31 (52%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  3. Silfverberg – Shore – Steel8:57

    xG 0.03–0.32 (9%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney10:06

    xG 0.35–0.91 (28%)attempts 9–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Manson – Lindholm17:01

    xG 0.47–0.57 (45%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Guhle15:52

    xG 0.69–1.15 (37%)attempts 10–21goals 1–0

  3. Holzer – Larsson14:05

    xG 0.36–0.95 (27%)attempts 6–21goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBeagle – Schaller – MacEwen3:43

    xG 0.54–0.05 (92%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Virtanen – Pettersson12:17

    xG 0.75–0.37 (67%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat5:52

    xG 0.48–0.18 (73%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Pearson – Horvat – MacEwen8:34

    xG 0.56–0.42 (58%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hughes12:30

    xG 1.21–0.34 (78%)attempts 23–4goals 0–1

  2. Myers – Benn9:30

    xG 0.72–0.17 (81%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Edler – Hughes2:42

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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 xGANA 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #847 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 57% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

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