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Mon, Nov 21, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Vegas Golden Knights 5, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 79% of the time.

VAN winsVGK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VGK01728313538
VAN0818313429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 11:48VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:52VGKMark StoneAssists: Jack Eichel, Alec Martinez · Deflected, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:41VGKWilliam CarrierAssists: Jack Eichel, Alex Pietrangelo · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 1:47VANBo HorvatAssists: J.T. Miller, Riley Stillman · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:35VANLuke SchennAssists: Quinn Hughes, Curtis Lazar · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:11VANElias PetterssonAssists: Ilya Mikheyev, Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 6:54VGKWilliam CarrierAssists: Alec Martinez, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–4
  8. P3 8:57VGKReilly SmithAssists: Jonathan Marchessault · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–4
  9. P3 14:14VGKAlex PietrangeloGWGAssists: Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson · Backhand, 0.11 xG5–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 18:04VANJ.T. Miller: Interference2 min
  2. P3 2:37VGKJake Leschyshyn: 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.

VGK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← VGK attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Karlsson won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VGKVAN
38Shots on goal29
3.7Expected goals1.9
58Shot attempts51
30Faceoffs won35
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
14Hits25
15Blocked shots12
2Giveaways10
10Takeaways4

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestCarrier – Kolesar – Howden10:16

    xG 1.10–0.04 (96%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Stone – Stephenson – Eichel15:40

    xG 1.08–0.35 (76%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  3. Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault12:53

    xG 0.90–0.54 (62%)attempts 19–9goals 1–2

  4. Kessel – Leschyshyn – Cotter6:16

    xG 0.04–0.33 (11%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Pietrangelo18:14

    xG 1.90–0.34 (85%)attempts 17–17goals 4–0

  2. Hague – Whitecloud12:26

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 8–8goals 0–2

  3. McNabb – Theodore19:10

    xG 0.86–0.91 (48%)attempts 25–19goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko13:31

    xG 0.77–0.55 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  2. Miller – Horvat – Boeser7:39

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 8–3goals 0–2

  3. Garland – Dries – Podkolzin3:13

    xG 0.02–0.10 (17%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Lazar – Joshua – Aman7:33

    xG 0.11–0.30 (26%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schenn – Hughes15:12

    xG 0.44–0.51 (46%)attempts 18–10goals 2–1

  2. Myers – Hughes4:47

    xG 0.20–0.33 (37%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Stillman14:07

    xG 0.45–1.03 (30%)attempts 10–16goals 1–2

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.

VAN 1.9 xGVGK 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANVGK

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 VGK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 97/100 · #69 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.52 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
VGK 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 79% of the time.

VAN winsVGK wins

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

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