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Sat, Apr 5, 2025·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 2, Vancouver Canucks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA112110010232
VAN5140616626

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:21ANATroy TerryAssists: Pavel Mintyukov, Frank Vatrano · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:40VANElias PetterssonAssists: Linus Karlsson, Derek Forbort · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:46VANFilip HronekAssists: Teddy Blueger · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 11:32VANBrock BoeserPPGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes, Jonathan Lekkerimäki · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P1 13:25VANConor GarlandPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser · Backhand, 0.26 xG1–4
  6. P1 14:10VANDakota JoshuaAssists: Kiefer Sherwood, Marcus Pettersson · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–5
  7. P2 2:49ANATrevor ZegrasAssists: Radko Gudas, Mason McTavish · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–5
  8. P3 5:33VANMax SassonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:01ANAAlex Killorn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:56ANADrew Helleson: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:06VANPius Suter: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 15:07VANElias Pettersson: Interference2 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
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carlsson won the faceoff against Suter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
32Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals2.4
60Shot attempts47
32Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
31Hits31
5Blocked shots9
12Giveaways10
5Takeaways5

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. bestStrome – Vatrano – Terry13:31

    xG 0.98–0.52 (65%)attempts 19–9goals 1–2

  2. Harkins – Lundeström – Nesterenko8:22

    xG 0.52–0.24 (68%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Killorn – Gauthier – Carlsson13:27

    xG 0.59–0.44 (57%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  4. Zegras – Colangelo – McTavish13:29

    xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – LaCombe17:26

    xG 0.86–0.42 (67%)attempts 23–15goals 1–1

  2. Helleson – Mintyukov17:41

    xG 0.88–0.54 (62%)attempts 17–13goals 1–2

  3. Kylington – Zellweger14:21

    xG 0.43–0.52 (45%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestKarlsson – Lekkerimäki – Sasson10:11

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 2–0

  2. Blueger – DeBrusk – O'Connor9:40

    xG 0.12–0.18 (40%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Boeser – Garland – Suter14:08

    xG 0.56–0.87 (39%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  4. Joshua – Sherwood – Räty11:11

    xG 0.46–0.81 (36%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPettersson – Hronek17:23

    xG 0.94–0.49 (66%)attempts 16–17goals 3–1

  2. Forbort – Pettersson13:46

    xG 0.30–0.22 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  3. Forbort – Hughes2:38

    xG 0.11–0.20 (35%)attempts 3–3goals 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 2.4 xGANA 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 42/100 · #762 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 52% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).