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Thu, Nov 3, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Vancouver Canucks 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 81% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA11119311531
VAN112214521847

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:30ANATroy TerryPPAssists: John Klingberg, John Gibson · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:40VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:07VANElias PetterssonAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:06VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Bo Horvat, Conor Garland · Snap, 0.15 xG1–3
  5. P2 19:14ANARyan StromeAssists: Trevor Zegras, Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:30VANDakota JoshuaAssists: Jack Studnicka, Nils Aman · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:54VANAndrei KuzmenkoPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–5
  8. P3 7:51ANAMaxime ComtoisAssists: Ryan Strome · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–5
  9. P3 13:35ANATrevor ZegrasPPAssists: John Klingberg, Troy Terry · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–5
  10. P3 14:48VANAndrei KuzmenkoGWGAssists: Tyler Myers, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–6
  11. P3 16:48VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–7
  12. P3 17:38ANAMax JonesAssists: Nathan Beaulieu, Mason McTavish · Wrist, 0.74 xG5–7
  13. P3 19:05VANBo HorvatENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.39 xG5–8
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:12VANDakota Joshua: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:12ANANathan Beaulieu: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:52ANAFrank Vatrano: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 15:52VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:51ANAMaxime Comtois: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:30ANATrevor Zegras: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min · PPG
  7. P3 12:39VANDakota Joshua: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:12VANConor Garland: Hooking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lundeström won the faceoff against Dries
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
31Shots on goal47
2.4Expected goals4.4
48Shot attempts63
23Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
13Hits20
6Blocked shots13
8Giveaways12
5Takeaways5

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. bestJones – Leason – McTavish5:47

    xG 0.98–0.05 (96%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Strome – Terry – Zegras2:34

    xG 0.06–0.03 (65%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0

  3. Terry – Comtois – Zegras2:00

    xG 0.07–0.04 (63%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  4. Grant – Silfverberg – Lundeström9:36

    xG 0.22–0.49 (31%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Beaulieu10:18

    xG 1.00–0.75 (57%)attempts 12–13goals 2–2

  2. Kulikov – Fowler2:04

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Benoit12:23

    xG 0.24–0.67 (26%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko11:59

    xG 1.03–0.19 (84%)attempts 12–5goals 3–0

  2. Miller – Horvat – Garland11:52

    xG 0.42–0.07 (86%)attempts 10–3goals 1–1

  3. Pearson – Dries – Podkolzin8:38

    xG 0.36–0.13 (74%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  4. Joshua – Studnicka – Aman8:05

    xG 0.63–1.08 (37%)attempts 9–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Bear2:42

    xG 0.28–0.04 (86%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Bear15:36

    xG 0.48–0.29 (62%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Stillman13:48

    xG 0.55–0.46 (55%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

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 4.4 xGANA 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 90/100 · #174 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 13 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 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 81% 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).