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Tue, Apr 11, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 3, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 59% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN21308115336
ANA112112011235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:14VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:12VANAndrei KuzmenkoPPAssists: Akito Hirose, Thatcher Demko · Snap, 0.23 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:20ANAMason McTavishPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Trevor Zegras · Slap, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:32ANADrew HellesonAssists: Troy Terry, Trevor Zegras · Slap, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:26VANJ.T. MillerGWGAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Elias Pettersson · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:54ANAJakob Silfverberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:18ANATrevor Zegras: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:33VANKyle Burroughs: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:40ANAMason McTavish: Holding2 min
  5. P2 5:01VANAkito Hirose: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 12:25ANAMax Jones: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 17:29VANTyler Myers: Holding2 min
  8. P3 4:54VANAidan McDonough: Holding2 min
  9. P3 17:46VANAkito Hirose: High sticking2 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 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Aman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
36Shots on goal35
2.8Expected goals3.4
64Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won31
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
16Hits9
12Blocked shots14
6Giveaways9
5Takeaways7

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. bestMiller – Di Giuseppe – Pettersson8:53

    xG 0.95–0.04 (96%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Beauvillier – Studnicka – McDonough8:51

    xG 0.36–0.22 (61%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  3. Garland – Dries – Kuzmenko8:14

    xG 0.34–0.21 (62%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Boeser – Aman8:51

    xG 0.23–0.60 (28%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Hughes10:53

    xG 0.79–0.22 (78%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Bear – McWard11:55

    xG 0.74–0.32 (70%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hirose9:47

    xG 0.38–0.43 (47%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Lundeström – Nesterenko8:10

    xG 0.88–0.45 (66%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Terry – McTavish4:55

    xG 0.30–0.04 (88%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Terry – Groulx2:23

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Silfverberg – Groulx4:26

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeaulieu – Helleson11:24

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Fowler2:35

    xG 0.19–0.08 (70%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – LaCombe14:11

    xG 0.37–0.40 (48%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

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 3.4 xGVAN 2.8 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 71/100 · #440 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.70 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 59% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

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

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