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Tue, Nov 28, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 1, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 59% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA01211504131
VAN1606215327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:34VANBrock BoeserAssists: Filip Hronek, J.T. Miller · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:10ANARyan StromePPAssists: Adam Henrique, Frank Vatrano · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:32VANElias PetterssonGWGAssists: Tyler Myers, Ilya Mikheyev · Wrap-around, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:12VANBrock BoeserENAssists: J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.42 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 11:34ANAAlex Killorn: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:53VANQuinn Hughes: Holding2 min
  3. P1 11:53ANASam Carrick: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 15:05VANPhillip Di Giuseppe: Interference2 min
  5. P2 0:47ANAAlex Killorn: Interference2 min
  6. P2 3:47VANTyler Myers: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:09ANAUrho Vaakanainen: Interference2 min
  8. P3 15:36VANConor Garland: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 18:28ANABo Groulx: Hooking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against McTavish
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
31Shots on goal27
2.8Expected goals3.3
58Shot attempts64
21Faceoffs won25
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
35Hits27
13Blocked shots12
2Giveaways3
2Takeaways4

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSilfverberg – Jones – Groulx8:31

    xG 0.33–0.21 (62%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – McGinn – Johnston7:37

    xG 0.04–0.14 (22%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Henrique – Terry9:54

    xG 0.62–0.74 (46%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Vatrano – McTavish9:55

    xG 0.10–0.57 (15%)attempts 7–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestVaakanainen – Luneau8:09

    xG 0.59–0.28 (68%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Mintyukov3:36

    xG 0.25–0.26 (49%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – Vaakanainen2:16

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko8:39

    xG 0.46–0.04 (92%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser8:56

    xG 0.33–0.20 (62%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  3. Lafferty – Hoglander – Aman6:57

    xG 0.24–0.12 (67%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Blueger – Joshua – Garland8:56

    xG 0.48–0.53 (47%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Hughes6:39

    xG 0.67–0.00 (100%)attempts 14–1goals 1–0

  2. Juulsen – Hughes7:14

    xG 0.34–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Myers7:33

    xG 0.49–0.23 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 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.

VAN 3.3 xGANA 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #938 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 59% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

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