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Thu, Apr 7, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Vancouver Canucks 5, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN111310111532
ARI0911108128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:12VANAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:52VANBo HorvatGWGAssists: Vasily Podkolzin, Conor Garland · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:30VANBo HorvatAssists: Vasily Podkolzin, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P2 7:27ARINick SchmaltzAssists: Travis Boyd · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P2 11:12VANElias PetterssonAssists: Alex Chiasson, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–1
  6. P3 4:24VANAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.15 xG5–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:11ARIShayne Gostisbehere: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:43VANAlex Chiasson: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 13:13VANBo Horvat: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:07ARIJan Jenik: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 15:46VANKyle Burroughs: 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
48% to win52% to win
← VAN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Beagle won the faceoff against Lammikko
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
32Shots on goal28
4.1Expected goals2.6
48Shot attempts55
29Faceoffs won11
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
32Hits26
17Blocked shots3
12Giveaways9
10Takeaways9

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. bestChiasson – Miller – Pettersson6:29

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Horvat – Garland – Podkolzin10:57

    xG 0.48–0.31 (61%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  3. Richardson – Petan – Lockwood3:54

    xG 0.22–0.05 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Pearson – Pettersson2:09

    xG 0.12–0.02 (85%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Dermott16:39

    xG 0.87–0.40 (69%)attempts 14–9goals 2–1

  2. Hunt – Burroughs16:45

    xG 0.61–0.47 (56%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Ekman-Larsson14:14

    xG 0.44–0.43 (51%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyd – Ritchie – Schmaltz10:21

    xG 0.44–0.37 (54%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  2. Kessel – Carcone – Hayton10:46

    xG 0.25–0.27 (49%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Galchenyuk – Maccelli9:27

    xG 0.48–0.52 (48%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  4. Eriksson – Beagle – Jenik11:09

    xG 0.25–0.54 (32%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCapobianco – Kolyachonok16:24

    xG 0.80–0.56 (59%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Mayo2:02

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

  3. Stralman – Dineen13:54

    xG 0.37–0.54 (41%)attempts 12–9goals 0–2

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 2.6 xGVAN 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #1034 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 73% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

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

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