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Thu, Jan 29, 2026·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Anaheim Ducks 0, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 53% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA09014010033
VAN090829226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 10:18VANDrew O'ConnorGWGAssists: Jake DeBrusk · Slap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:32VANTeddy BluegerENAssists: Filip Hronek · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:48VANJake DeBrusk: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:39ANAJeffrey Viel: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:59ANARyan Poehling: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 4:23VANTyler Myers: Holding2 min
  5. P3 2:53ANADrew Helleson: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 19:11VANConor Garland: Slashing2 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
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANAVAN
33Shots on goal26
3.2Expected goals3.3
64Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits10
13Blocked shots13
12Giveaways11
3Takeaways1

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. bestKillorn – Granlund – Sennecke12:09

    xG 0.91–0.33 (74%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  2. Kreider – Harkins – Colangelo6:59

    xG 0.28–0.18 (61%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Kreider – Poehling – Gauthier2:01

    xG 0.04–0.02 (70%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Viel – Poehling – Gauthier10:53

    xG 0.54–0.59 (48%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudas – Zellweger9:26

    xG 1.00–0.15 (87%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – LaCombe14:56

    xG 0.54–0.73 (42%)attempts 10–17goals 0–1

  3. Helleson – Mintyukov9:00

    xG 0.18–0.43 (30%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestChytil – Kampf – Karlsson8:21

    xG 0.52–0.22 (70%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Kane – Garland – Pettersson9:41

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. DeBrusk – O'Connor – Räty7:52

    xG 0.26–0.15 (64%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  4. Blueger – Lekkerimäki – Ohgren5:02

    xG 0.10–0.51 (16%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Joseph11:01

    xG 0.58–0.48 (55%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Hronek – Pettersson14:59

    xG 0.70–0.61 (54%)attempts 19–15goals 1–0

  3. Myers – Pettersson3:29

    xG 0.03–0.04 (40%)attempts 2–4goals 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 3.2 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 11/100 · #1203 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 53% of the time.

VAN winsANA wins

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

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