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Sun, Apr 12, 2026·Honda Center, Anaheim

Vancouver Canucks 4, Anaheim Ducks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 67% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
VAN210061317426
ANA190102701327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:41ANACutter GauthierAssists: Chris Kreider, Alex Killorn · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:49VANCurtis DouglasAssists: Aatu Räty, Kirill Kudryavtsev · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:37VANJake DeBruskPPAssists: Marco Rossi, Filip Hronek · Tip-in, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:28VANBrock BoeserSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.29 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:05ANACutter GauthierPPAssists: Jackson LaCombe, Mason McTavish · Slap, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:56ANALeo CarlssonAssists: Chris Kreider · Backhand, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. OT 4:50VANMarco RossiPPGWGAssists: Zeev Buium, Brock Boeser · Slap, 0.07 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:36VANTeddy Blueger: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 11:53VANTeddy Blueger: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:53ANARadko Gudas: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:34ANABeckett Sennecke: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P1 14:44VANCurtis Douglas: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 14:44ANAJeffrey Viel: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 19:18ANATyson Hinds: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 3:45VANDrew O'Connor: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  9. OT 2:53ANAChris Kreider: Slashing2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← VAN attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carlsson won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANANA
26Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals3.6
43Shot attempts53
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
14Penalty minutes16
16Hits26
10Blocked shots9
15Giveaways22
4Takeaways6

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. bestDouglas – Räty – Mueller4:43

    xG 0.41–0.14 (75%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Blueger – Boeser – Ohgren10:15

    xG 0.19–0.50 (27%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Karlsson – O'Connor – Rossi10:00

    xG 0.16–0.48 (25%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. DeBrusk – Pettersson – Hoglander11:50

    xG 0.21–0.55 (27%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKudryavtsev – Pettersson9:14

    xG 0.41–0.06 (88%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Pettersson – Kudryavtsev3:52

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Willander3:11

    xG 0.11–0.07 (63%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Granlund – Sennecke14:42

    xG 1.12–0.32 (78%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Kreider – Terry – Carlsson12:47

    xG 0.66–0.07 (91%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Poehling – McTavish – Gauthier3:49

    xG 0.24–0.06 (79%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Viel – McTavish – Gauthier5:39

    xG 0.31–0.38 (45%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Hinds2:39

    xG 0.59–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Carlson – Mintyukov13:11

    xG 0.78–0.46 (63%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Carlson – LaCombe3:16

    xG 0.27–0.11 (72%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

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.

ANA 3.6 xGVAN 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANAVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #345 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +23 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 67% of the time.

ANA winsVAN wins

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

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