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Wed, Apr 3, 2024·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Vancouver Canucks 2, Arizona Coyotes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 57% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN07116110233
ARI0304114121

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:43VANQuinn HughesPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 10:46ARIDylan GuentherPPAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Clayton Keller · Snap, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P3 18:09VANConor GarlandGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes, Filip Hronek · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:47ARINick Bjugstad: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 18:45VANJ.T. Miller: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 8:45ARIJoshua Brown: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:15ARIClayton Keller: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 11:14VANJ.T. Miller: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 11:14ARIJack McBain: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 7:28VANQuinn Hughes: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 10:03VANQuinn Hughes: Tripping2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← VAN attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cooley won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANARI
33Shots on goal21
3.1Expected goals2.7
69Shot attempts55
36Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
44Hits33
17Blocked shots9
3Giveaways11
8Takeaways5

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. bestBoeser – Pettersson – Hoglander11:08

    xG 0.91–0.22 (81%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Joshua – Garland10:41

    xG 0.64–0.63 (51%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. Blueger – Podkolzin – Mikheyev6:00

    xG 0.32–0.70 (32%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes17:31

    xG 1.31–0.33 (80%)attempts 27–13goals 1–0

  2. Cole – Zadorov9:14

    xG 0.40–0.29 (58%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Zadorov – Friedman2:25

    xG 0.00–0.02 (23%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestCrouse – Guenther – Cooley8:55

    xG 0.81–0.64 (56%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  2. McBain – Maccelli – Doan9:33

    xG 0.01–0.20 (3%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – O'Brien – Carcone6:03

    xG 0.02–0.31 (5%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Schmaltz – Keller11:52

    xG 0.14–0.71 (16%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrown – Dermott11:16

    xG 0.73–0.43 (63%)attempts 10–17goals 0–0

  2. Durzi – Moser14:32

    xG 0.78–0.71 (53%)attempts 16–18goals 0–1

  3. Välimäki – Kesselring16:32

    xG 0.29–0.70 (29%)attempts 12–17goals 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.

ARI 2.7 xGVAN 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARIVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 45/100 · #767 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 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 57% of the time.

ARI winsVAN wins

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

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