A shot attempt heat map for Canada versus Switzerland in the 2023 Women's Worlds on April 15th, 2023.

This is part of a series of recaps for every day of Women’s Worlds, this one covering the games on April 15, 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.

United States versus Czechia

Final Score: 9-1

United States Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 75.00%
Czechia Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 25.00%

A shot attempt map for the United States versus Czechia in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 15th, 2023.
A shot attempt heat map for the United States versus Czechia in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 15th, 2023.
A shot attempt map for the United States versus Czechia, showing only the goals, in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 15th, 2023.
A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for the United States against Czechia in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 15th, 2023.
A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Czechia against the United States in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 15th, 2023.

Canada versus Switzerland

Final Score: 5-1

Canada Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 83.76%
Switzerland Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 16.24%

A shot attempt map for Canada versus Switzerland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 15th, 2023.
A shot attempt heat map for Canada versus Switzerland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 15th, 2023.
A shot attempt map for Canada versus Switzerland, showing only the goals, in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 15th, 2023.
A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Canada against Switzerland in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 15th, 2023.
A time on ice breakdown Sankey chart for Switzerland against Canada in the 2023 Women’s Worlds on April 15th, 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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