A shot attempt heat map for Japan versus Sweden in the 2023 Women's Worlds on April 14th, 2023.

This is part of a series of recaps for every day of Women’s Worlds, this one covering the games on April 14, 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.

Finland versus Germany

Final Score: 8-2

Finland Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 68.33%
Germany Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 31.67%

A shot attempt map for Finland versus Germany in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 14th, 2023.
A shot attempt heat map for Finland versus Germany in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 14th, 2023.
A shot attempt map for Finland versus Germany, showing only the goals, in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 14th, 2023.
A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Finland against Germany in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 14th, 2023.
A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Germany against Finland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 14th, 2023.

Japan versus Sweden

Final Score: 0-1

Japan Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 47.92%
Sweden Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 52.08%

A shot attempt map for Japan versus Sweden in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 14th, 2023.
A shot attempt heat map for Japan versus Sweden in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 14th, 2023.
A shot attempt map for Japan versus Sweden, showing only the goals, in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 14th, 2023.
A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Japan against Sweden in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 14th, 2023.
A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Sweden against Japan in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 14th, 2023.

Data underlying all of these viz was gathered from the IIHF with the help of scripts developed by @the_bucketless on Twitter.

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