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Thu, Nov 9, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Vancouver Canucks 5, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 67% of the time.

OTT winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN231726516
OTT11117012230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:15VANBrock BoeserAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Filip Hronek · Snap, 0.88 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:00VANIlya MikheyevAssists: Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:15OTTDrake BathersonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:58OTTArtem ZubAssists: Parker Kelly, Matthew Highmore · Slap, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:08VANJ.T. MillerGWGAssists: Phillip Di Giuseppe, Ian Cole · Snap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:23VANIlya MikheyevAssists: Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko · Deflected, 0.12 xG4–2
  7. P3 13:28VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller · Slap, 0.09 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:21VANIan Cole: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:14VANConor Garland: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 19:01OTTRoby Jarventie: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:36OTTJosh Norris: Interference2 min
  5. P3 13:26OTTJakob Chychrun: High sticking2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANOTT
16Shots on goal30
2.7Expected goals1.9
43Shot attempts59
20Faceoffs won28
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
26Hits28
15Blocked shots19
9Giveaways21
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. bestMiller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser10:03

    xG 0.98–0.27 (78%)attempts 6–13goals 2–0

  2. Joshua – Garland – Suter9:58

    xG 0.45–0.13 (77%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Lafferty – Beauvillier – Hoglander10:13

    xG 0.40–0.32 (55%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko9:40

    xG 0.31–0.40 (44%)attempts 6–11goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes13:43

    xG 1.32–0.28 (82%)attempts 10–13goals 2–1

  2. Cole – Friedman9:42

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 2–1

  3. Myers – Soucy11:58

    xG 0.29–0.23 (55%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Chartier – Highmore – Kelly5:58

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Giroux – Joseph – Stützle13:46

    xG 0.36–0.68 (35%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  3. Tarasenko – Kubalik – Jarventie7:18

    xG 0.02–0.43 (5%)attempts 1–8goals 0–1

  4. Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk12:20

    xG 0.63–1.10 (37%)attempts 13–8goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub13:56

    xG 0.90–0.38 (70%)attempts 17–5goals 2–2

  2. Chychrun – Zub4:00

    xG 0.01–0.08 (12%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Kleven10:42

    xG 0.01–0.53 (2%)attempts 4–12goals 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.

OTT 1.9 xGVAN 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 71/100 · #443 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 67% of the time.

OTT winsVAN wins

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

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