A shot attempt heat map for the United States versus Japan in the 2023 Women's Worlds on April 5th, 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 5, 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.
France versus Finland
Final Score: 1-14 France Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 15.45% Finland Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 84.55%
A shot attempt map for France versus Finland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A shot attempt heat map for France versus Finland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A shot attempt map for France versus Finland, showing only the goals, in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for France against Finland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023. A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Finland against France in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.
United States versus Japan
Final Score: 7-1 United States Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 80.46% Japan Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 19.53%
A shot attempt map for the United States versus Japan in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A shot attempt heat map for the United States versus Japan in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A shot attempt map, showing only goals, for the United States versus Japan in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for the United States against Japan in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Japan against the United States in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.
A shot attempt map for Canada versus Switzerland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A shot attempt heat map for Canada versus Switzerland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A shot attempt map, displaying only goals, for Canada versus Switzerland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Canada against Switzerland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Switzerland against Canada in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 5th, 2023.
Data underlying all of these viz was gathered from the IIHF with the help of scripts developed by @the_bucketless on Twitter.
