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Sun, Mar 31, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 2, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0501225222
VAN1918113330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:26VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller · Backhand, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:34VANDakota JoshuaPPAssists: Pius Suter, Filip Hronek · Between legs, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:37ANAOlen ZellwegerAssists: Isac Lundeström, Frank Vatrano · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:48ANAMason McTavishAssists: Gustav Lindstrom, Trevor Zegras · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P3 17:47VANDakota JoshuaGWGAssists: Conor Garland, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 9:31ANABen Meyers: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:15VANTyler Myers: Holding2 min
  3. P1 15:55ANAUrho Vaakanainen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 1:06ANALeo Carlsson: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 5:00VANVasily Podkolzin: Holding2 min
  6. P2 7:44ANAJakob Silfverberg: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 16:07VANCarson Soucy: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 14:09VANNoah Juulsen: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 0:00ANAMason McTavish: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 0:00ANAMason McTavish: Roughing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
22Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals3.4
53Shot attempts63
21Faceoffs won39
4Power plays4
12Penalty minutes8
10Hits34
15Blocked shots14
2Giveaways4
6Takeaways5

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. Killorn – Terry – Carlsson11:47

    xG 0.65–0.81 (45%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Groulx – Leason – Meyers2:33

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Zegras – McTavish10:57

    xG 0.34–0.51 (40%)attempts 7–10goals 1–1

  4. Silfverberg – Vatrano – Lundeström8:50

    xG 0.25–0.58 (30%)attempts 8–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Lindstrom – LaCombe14:09

    xG 0.45–0.75 (38%)attempts 9–16goals 1–0

  2. Lagesson – Vaakanainen9:56

    xG 0.34–0.75 (31%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  3. Fowler – Zellweger13:14

    xG 0.36–0.86 (30%)attempts 16–18goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Joshua – Garland9:48

    xG 1.34–0.57 (70%)attempts 21–10goals 1–1

  2. Blueger – Podkolzin – Bains6:41

    xG 0.46–0.02 (96%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  3. Boeser – Pettersson – Hoglander10:18

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  4. Lafferty – Suter – Mikheyev7:20

    xG 0.09–0.23 (29%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Soucy14:07

    xG 1.16–0.52 (69%)attempts 19–9goals 1–0

  2. Hronek – Hughes12:28

    xG 0.88–0.43 (67%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  3. Soucy – Hughes2:12

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 xGANA 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 73/100 · #423 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +42 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 73% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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