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Sun, Mar 19, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 2, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

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

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN11711706240
ANA040816118

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:05VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:31VANElias PetterssonPPGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 13:10ANARyan StromeAssists: Troy Terry · Backhand, 0.05 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 0:40ANAScott Harrington: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 6:40VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:19ANASam Carrick: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 12:13ANATrevor Zegras: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:55VANVitali Kravtsov: Playing without a helmet2 min
  6. P2 18:52ANAKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 2:28VANAnthony Beauvillier: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
49% to win51% to win
← VAN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Lundeström
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
40Shots on goal18
3.8Expected goals1.7
64Shot attempts39
26Faceoffs won19
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
13Hits11
11Blocked shots11
7Giveaways10
4Takeaways4

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. bestBeauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko10:51

    xG 0.89–0.07 (93%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser8:42

    xG 0.61–0.24 (72%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Dries – Kravtsov – Podkolzin7:47

    xG 0.10–0.12 (46%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Garland – Aman8:54

    xG 0.30–0.34 (46%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJuulsen – Hughes12:48

    xG 0.49–0.10 (83%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Bear13:57

    xG 0.71–0.33 (68%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  3. Burroughs – Wolanin12:31

    xG 0.54–0.36 (60%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSilfverberg – Vatrano – Lundeström5:55

    xG 0.37–0.12 (76%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Terry – Comtois2:01

    xG 0.05–0.09 (36%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

  3. Terry – Jones – McTavish9:28

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Comtois – Zegras2:30

    xG 0.02–0.14 (12%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Benoit11:48

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Fowler4:20

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Harrington11:25

    xG 0.28–0.41 (41%)attempts 8–10goals 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.

ANA 1.7 xGVAN 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #1148 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 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 83% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

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

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