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Sat, Jan 14, 2023·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Vancouver Canucks 3, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 51% of the time.

FLA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN19114115338
FLA11531505435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:35VANJack StudnickaAssists: Ilya Mikheyev · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:58FLARyan LombergAssists: Givani Smith, Gustav Forsling · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:39VANTyler MyersAssists: Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:46FLAEric StaalAssists: Josh Mahura, Nick Cousins · Deflected, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P2 3:06FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Brandon Montour, Matthew Tkachuk · Slap, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 9:51FLAAleksander BarkovPPGWGAssists: Sam Reinhart, Aaron Ekblad · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:02VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 10:18FLAMatthew Tkachuk: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:12FLARyan Lomberg: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 2:12VANDakota Joshua: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P2 2:12VANDakota Joshua: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 5:14FLAAnton Lundell: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 9:00VANBo Horvat: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:26FLAGivani Smith: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 17:55VANLane Pederson: Interference2 min
  9. P3 8:56FLAEric Staal: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 19:43FLAAaron Ekblad: Cross checking2 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 SOG0FLA
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Barkov won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANFLA
38Shots on goal35
3.3Expected goals3.1
59Shot attempts58
29Faceoffs won29
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
18Hits18
11Blocked shots11
8Giveaways10
4Takeaways7

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. bestBoeser – Pettersson – Kuzmenko11:31

    xG 0.61–0.28 (68%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Horvat – Garland11:45

    xG 0.78–0.59 (57%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

  3. Pederson – Studnicka – Mikheyev9:24

    xG 0.21–0.34 (38%)attempts 5–7goals 1–1

  4. Lazar – Joshua – Lockwood4:10

    xG 0.08–0.32 (19%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Ekman-Larsson11:09

    xG 1.08–0.62 (64%)attempts 18–9goals 1–1

  2. Schenn – Hughes13:52

    xG 0.59–0.36 (62%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hughes3:04

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk12:31

    xG 1.02–0.38 (73%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Barkov – Reinhart – Lundell11:43

    xG 0.26–0.31 (46%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Staal – Cousins – Luostarinen9:26

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 5–7goals 1–1

  4. White – Lomberg – Smith6:14

    xG 0.38–0.69 (35%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Mahura12:39

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 11–9goals 1–1

  2. Staal – Montour13:50

    xG 0.53–0.58 (48%)attempts 19–12goals 0–0

  3. Ekblad – Forsling15:19

    xG 0.92–1.01 (48%)attempts 13–16goals 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.

FLA 3.1 xGVAN 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLAVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #578 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 51% of the time.

FLA winsVAN wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).