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Sat, Dec 3, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Arizona Coyotes 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 88% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ARI19160800223
VAN112071815332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:22ARIChristian FischerAssists: Liam O'Brien, Juuso Välimäki · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:49VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:52ARIJakob ChychrunPPAssists: Shayne Gostisbehere, Matias Maccelli · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:48VANBrock BoeserAssists: Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:09VANBo HorvatPPGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 12:57ARIDylan Guenther: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 15:55ARINick Schmaltz: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:34VANQuinn Hughes: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:15ARITroy Stecher: Interference2 min
  5. P2 13:37VANJ.T. Miller: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:02ARIJakob Chychrun: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 17:00ARIJ.J. Moser: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 17:41ARILawson Crouse: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 12:45VANBo Horvat: Interference2 min
  10. P3 14:43ARIBarrett Hayton: Tripping2 min
  11. OT 3:22ARIClayton Keller: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVAN
23Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals4.4
41Shot attempts70
24Faceoffs won35
3Power plays8
16Penalty minutes6
13Hits25
20Blocked shots7
3Giveaways5
2Takeaways5

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Brien – Hayton – Guenther2:50

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. O'Brien – Fischer – McBain8:56

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli7:27

    xG 0.21–0.40 (34%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  4. Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller11:10

    xG 0.38–0.68 (36%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Chychrun12:03

    xG 0.57–0.36 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Brown – Välimäki3:11

    xG 0.26–0.20 (56%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. Stecher – Moser3:11

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoeser – Pettersson – Mikheyev3:54

    xG 0.76–0.08 (90%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Horvat – Hoglander12:39

    xG 0.72–0.37 (66%)attempts 25–8goals 0–0

  3. Boeser – Garland – Dries4:16

    xG 0.19–0.13 (60%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko5:13

    xG 0.12–0.16 (43%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Hughes12:49

    xG 0.60–0.23 (73%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Bear – Stillman2:42

    xG 0.44–0.19 (70%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Bear8:53

    xG 0.23–0.31 (43%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

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 xGARI 1.8 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #446 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 88% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

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

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