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Tue, Nov 9, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 65% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA19091913330
VAN01301521203243

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:18ANACam FowlerPPAssists: Sonny Milano, Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:15ANAIsac LundeströmAssists: Jamie Drysdale, Maxime Comtois · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P3 13:29VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:05VANElias PetterssonSHAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:52ANATroy TerryGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Jamie Drysdale · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:54ANAJosh Manson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 10:33VANQuinn Hughes: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:10VANJ.T. Miller: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 3:52VANTanner Pearson: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 1:41VANElias Pettersson: Interference2 min
  6. P3 1:41ANATrevor Zegras: Holding2 min
  7. P3 4:49ANATrevor Zegras: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 17:11VANJaroslav Halak: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
30Shots on goal43
2.3Expected goals3.1
46Shot attempts80
19Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
16Hits6
23Blocked shots13
5Giveaways4
8Takeaways8

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. bestGetzlaf – Henrique – Terry13:18

    xG 0.81–0.19 (81%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Comtois – Lundeström – McTavish7:24

    xG 0.13–0.21 (38%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

  3. Deslauriers – Milano – Zegras10:58

    xG 0.24–0.57 (30%)attempts 6–20goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Carrick – Groulx7:21

    xG 0.12–0.63 (16%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson13:57

    xG 0.82–0.55 (60%)attempts 14–18goals 0–1

  2. Shattenkirk – Lindholm3:55

    xG 0.20–0.01 (94%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Fowler2:41

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Pettersson9:30

    xG 0.53–0.08 (86%)attempts 15–3goals 1–1

  2. Horvat – Garland – Podkolzin5:19

    xG 0.33–0.04 (89%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Dickinson – Garland – Podkolzin6:31

    xG 0.32–0.07 (83%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  4. Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander8:07

    xG 0.45–0.26 (63%)attempts 17–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Burroughs8:24

    xG 0.38–0.18 (69%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hughes3:04

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hughes3:28

    xG 0.11–0.07 (63%)attempts 6–1goals 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 3.1 xGANA 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 78/100 · #339 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 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 65% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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