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Sat, Nov 26, 2022·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Vancouver Canucks 5, Vegas Golden Knights 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 66% of the time.

VGK winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN213312011536
VGK0707113127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:22VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Conor Garland · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:57VANJ.T. MillerPPGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes, Andrei Kuzmenko · Snap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:33VANAndrei KuzmenkoPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:19VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Nils Aman, Dakota Joshua · Wrist, 0.13 xG4–0
  5. P2 19:58VANBo HorvatAssists: J.T. Miller, Nils Hoglander · Snap, 0.20 xG5–0
  6. P3 16:43VGKJonathan MarchessaultAssists: Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–1
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 9:12VGKNicolas Roy: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:18VANKyle Burroughs: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:07VGKPhil Kessel: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 18:52VGKNicolas Roy: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:26VANOliver Ekman-Larsson: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:48VGKReilly Smith: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 15:34VGKKeegan Kolesar: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 8:36VGKJonathan Marchessault: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 8:36VANConor Garland: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 8:36VANConor Garland: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 8:36VANConor Garland: Game misconduct10 min
  12. P3 13:23VANDakota Joshua: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 13:23VGKKeegan Kolesar: Fighting5 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 SOG0VGK
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackVGK 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.

VANVGK
36Shots on goal27
3.4Expected goals2.4
66Shot attempts59
23Faceoffs won35
5Power plays3
26Penalty minutes20
32Hits41
16Blocked shots17
3Giveaways5
10Takeaways8

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. bestPettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko9:54

    xG 0.42–0.22 (65%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Horvat – Hoglander9:46

    xG 0.49–0.37 (57%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Boeser – Garland – Dries5:43

    xG 0.11–0.16 (41%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Lazar – Joshua – Aman9:06

    xG 0.33–0.41 (45%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Bear11:02

    xG 0.50–0.17 (75%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Burroughs15:46

    xG 0.71–0.39 (65%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Hughes14:37

    xG 0.47–0.47 (50%)attempts 15–18goals 2–0

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Karlsson – Marchessault8:28

    xG 0.45–0.12 (79%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  2. Carrier – Kolesar – Leschyshyn6:58

    xG 0.32–0.07 (82%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Stephenson – Eichel10:25

    xG 0.63–0.46 (58%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – Roy – Cotter9:11

    xG 0.07–0.84 (8%)attempts 12–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Pietrangelo14:13

    xG 0.39–0.23 (63%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Theodore – Hague2:14

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

  3. McNabb – Theodore12:14

    xG 0.57–0.59 (49%)attempts 14–13goals 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.

VGK 2.4 xGVAN 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VGK's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VGK is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #1170 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 66% of the time.

VGK winsVAN wins

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

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