A shot attempt heat map for Denmark versus China in the 2023 Women's Worlds Division 1 Group A on August 23rd, 2023.

This is part of a series of recaps for every day of Women’s Worlds Division 1 Group A, this one covering the games on August 23, 2023 to explore the stats of the game in data viz form (specifically: shot attempt maps with all shot attempts and with only goals and shot attempt heat maps). If you want some guidance on how to interpret these viz styles, check out my viz reference.

Norway versus Slovakia

Final Score: 4-2

Norway Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 38.46%
Slovakia Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 61.54%

A shot attempt map for Netherlands versus Slovakia in the 2023 Women’s Worlds Division 1 Group A on August 23rd, 2023.
A shot attempt heat map for Norway versus Slovakia in the 2023 Women’s Worlds Division 1 Group A on August 23rd, 2023.
A shot attempt map for Norway versus Slovakia, showing only the goals, in the 2023 Women’s Worlds Division 1 Group A on August 23rd, 2023.

Netherlands versus Austria

Final Score: 2-1

Netherlands Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 38.54%
Austria Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 61.46%

A shot attempt map for Netherlands versus Austria in the 2023 Women’s Worlds Division 1 Group A on August 23rd, 2023.
A shot attempt heat map for Netherlands versus Austria in the 2023 Women’s Worlds Division 1 Group A on August 23rd, 2023.
A shot attempt map for Netherlands versus Austria, showing only the goals, in the 2023 Women’s Worlds Division 1 Group A on August 23rd, 2023.

Denmark versus China

Final Score: 2-4

Denmark Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 50.94%
China Shot Attempts For% (all situations): 49.06%

A shot attempt map for Denmark versus China in the 2023 Women’s Worlds Division 1 Group A on August 23rd, 2023.
A shot attempt heat map for Denmark versus China in the 2023 Women’s Worlds Division 1 Group A on August 23rd, 2023.
A shot attempt map for Denmark versus China, showing only the goals, in the 2023 Women’s Worlds Division 1 Group A on August 23rd, 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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