A shot attempt heat map for Japan versus Canada in the 2023 Women's Worlds on April 8th, 2023.
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This is part of a series of recaps for every day of Women’s Worlds, this one covering the games on April 8, 2023, exploring the stats of the game in data viz form (specifically: shot attempt maps with all shot attempts and with only goals, shot attempt heat maps, and time on ice breakdown Sankey charts). If you want some guidance on how to interpret these viz styles, check out my viz reference.
Sweden versus Hungary
Final Score: 6-2 Sweden Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 55.24% Hungary Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 44.76%
A shot attempt map for Sweden versus Hungary in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 8th, 2023.A shot attempt heat map for Sweden versus Hungary in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 8th, 2023.A shot attempt map for Sweden versus Hungary, showing only the goals, in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 8th, 2023.A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Sweden against Hungary in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 8th, 2023.A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Hungary against Sweden in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 8th, 2023.
Japan versus Canada
Final Score: 0-5 Japan Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 19.67% Canada Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 80.33%
A shot attempt map for Japan versus Canada in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 8th, 2023.A shot attempt heat map for Japan versus Canada in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 8th, 2023.A shot attempt map for Japan versus Canada, showing only the goals, in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 8th, 2023.A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Japan against Canada in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 8th, 2023.A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Canada against Japan in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 7th, 2023.
Data underlying all of these viz was gathered from the IIHF with the help of scripts developed by @the_bucketless on Twitter.
