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Thu, Mar 16, 2023·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Vancouver Canucks 2, Arizona Coyotes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 83% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN110011110231
ARI11011314327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:14VANAndrei KuzmenkoAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:30ARITravis BoydAssists: Liam O'Brien · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:44ARITravis BoydPPAssists: Clayton Keller, Barrett Hayton · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:19ARILawson CrousePPGWGAssists: Victor Soderstrom, Matias Maccelli · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:41VANElias PetterssonAssists: Anthony Beauvillier, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:34ARIVictor Soderstrom: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:29ARIJuuso Välimäki: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 11:16ARIZack Kassian: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 11:16ARIZack Kassian: Misconduct10 min
  5. P2 2:21VANAndrei Kuzmenko: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 3:34ARITravis Boyd: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 7:35ARIVictor Soderstrom: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 11:48VANJ.T. Miller: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P3 0:57VANAnthony Beauvillier: Holding2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Aman won the faceoff against McBain
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
31Shots on goal27
4.0Expected goals1.9
67Shot attempts57
21Faceoffs won31
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes20
19Hits25
15Blocked shots12
4Giveaways9
4Takeaways5

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. bestDries – Kravtsov – Kuzmenko4:39

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Beauvillier – Garland – Pettersson4:08

    xG 0.57–0.32 (64%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Miller – Boeser – Podkolzin3:05

    xG 0.24–0.02 (92%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Garland – Aman7:15

    xG 0.47–0.26 (64%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Wolanin9:10

    xG 0.34–0.26 (57%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Wolanin – Hughes2:14

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hughes3:23

    xG 0.06–0.09 (41%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRitchie – Keller – Hayton13:31

    xG 1.00–0.66 (60%)attempts 27–8goals 0–1

  2. Boyd – O'Brien – Fischer5:25

    xG 0.14–0.32 (30%)attempts 5–4goals 1–1

  3. Crouse – McBain – Maccelli9:31

    xG 0.05–0.24 (18%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Dauphin – Imama5:45

    xG 0.09–0.74 (11%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVälimäki – Kesselring12:32

    xG 0.77–0.44 (63%)attempts 23–5goals 0–1

  2. Nemeth – Moser13:09

    xG 0.09–0.38 (20%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Soderstrom – Mackey11:14

    xG 0.39–0.93 (29%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

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.

ARI 1.9 xGVAN 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #773 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 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 83% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

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

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