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Thu, Jan 18, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Arizona Coyotes 1, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 85% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1401007121
VAN1141606226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:49VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller · Slap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:40ARITravis DermottAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Jason Zucker · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:02VANDakota JoshuaGWGAssists: Nils Hoglander, Teddy Blueger · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:26ARILiam O'Brien: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 12:19ARILiam O'Brien: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:19VANNikita Zadorov: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 16:13ARISean Durzi: Interference2 min
  5. P2 0:18VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min
  6. P2 3:43VANTyler Myers: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 13:25ARITravis Dermott: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 16:32ARIMichael Carcone: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 16:32VANCarson Soucy: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 16:32ARIMichael Carcone: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 9:32ARIMichael Kesselring: Hooking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARIVAN
21Shots on goal26
1.3Expected goals3.4
38Shot attempts51
15Faceoffs won38
2Power plays5
17Penalty minutes11
25Hits25
11Blocked shots10
4Giveaways9
3Takeaways4

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKeller – Guenther – Cooley6:28

    xG 0.61–0.12 (83%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Bjugstad – Keller – Maccelli4:13

    xG 0.10–0.08 (54%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Keller – McBain – Maccelli3:45

    xG 0.03–0.08 (26%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. O'Brien – Carcone – McBain4:10

    xG 0.02–0.08 (24%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStecher – Durzi3:13

    xG 0.26–0.06 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Durzi – Moser7:56

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Stecher – Kesselring3:45

    xG 0.09–0.02 (81%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestLafferty – Hoglander – Aman6:28

    xG 0.45–0.19 (70%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Lafferty – Suter – Mikheyev2:01

    xG 0.02–0.00 (99%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Blueger – Joshua – Garland9:48

    xG 0.09–0.10 (47%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Suter – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko3:57

    xG 0.02–0.16 (12%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Myers3:17

    xG 0.39–0.05 (88%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  2. Hronek – Hughes13:22

    xG 0.37–0.21 (63%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Zadorov – Hronek3:18

    xG 0.08–0.01 (86%)attempts 1–3goals 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 3.4 xGARI 1.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #868 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50VAN 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 85% of the time.

VAN winsARI wins

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

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-3
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).