VAN
3–4
NSH
Final / SO · L
Vancouver Canucks
VAN · 3-6-3
3–4
Final / SOL
Nashville Predators
NSH · 5-6-1
1ST2ND3RDOTSOT
VAN
313017013020345
NSH
0319215031430
goals · shots on goal
First meeting this season — the Canucks trail the season series 0–1
VAN 3-6-3 · NSH 5-6-1 · First meeting this season — the Canucks trail the season series 0–1
Canucks fell to the Predators
The Canucks let a 3–0 lead get away: the Predators came back with three unanswered goals — Niederreiter's equalizer — and won it in a shootout. Juuse Saros stopped 1.4 more goals than an average goalie would have.
Who had the better chances
Expected goals (xG) score every shot by how often shots like it go in: distance, angle, type, rebound, rush. Adding them up shows who created the better chances, whatever the scoreboard says.
The Canucks created the better chances: 4.4 expected goals to 3.3, on 45 and 30 shots on goal.
VAN 4.4 xG · 45 shots
NSH 3.3 xG · 30 shots
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1
2
3
4
5
1st
1.4 · 0.5
2nd · the swing
2.3 · 1.2
3rd
0.4 · 1.1
OT
0.3 · 0.4
Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.
1
Ilya Mikheyev · 1st 01:56 · 1–0 · snap shot, a low-percentage shot (2%) that found a way in
2
J.T. Miller · 1st 03:41 · 2–0 · wrist shot on a rebound, a good chance (13%)
3
Andrei Kuzmenko · 1st 17:32 · 3–0 · tip in shot, a good chance (11%)
4
Jordan Gross · 2nd 03:00 · 3–1 · tip in shot, a low-percentage shot (8%) that found a way in
5
Jordan Gross · 3rd 01:06 · 3–2 · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (2%) that found a way in
6
Nino Niederreiter · 3rd 02:41 · 3–3 · wrist shot on a rebound, a good chance (13%)
Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Canucks win 65.
VAN 65%NSH 35%
Goals and penalties
6 goals · 0 penalties← Canucks shoot this way
Predators shoot this way →
On net
Missed
Bigger = better chance
1Goal, numbered to the list
1
Ilya Mikheyev · 1st 01:56 · 1–0
Snap shot, a low-percentage shot (2%) that found a way in
2
J.T. Miller · 1st 03:41 · 2–0
Wrist shot on a rebound, a good chance (13%)
3
Andrei Kuzmenko · 1st 17:32 · PP · 3–0
Tip in shot, a good chance (11%)
4
Jordan Gross · 2nd 03:00 · PP · 3–1
Tip in shot, a low-percentage shot (8%) that found a way in
5
Jordan Gross · 3rd 01:06 · 3–2
Wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (2%) that found a way in
6
Nino Niederreiter · 3rd 02:41 · 3–3
Wrist shot on a rebound, a good chance (13%)
1st period
2nd period
4
Nino Niederreiter, Mattias Ekholm · tip in shot, a low-percentage shot (8%) that found a way in
3–1
3rd period
No penalties
Shootout
Decided in a shootout — Predators
Goaltending
27/30 saves · 3 GA · 3.3 xGA
Gave up about what the shots he faced would predict.
42/45 saves · 3 GA · 4.4 xGA
Stopped 1.4 more goals than an average goalie would have.
