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Wed, Jan 5, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 1, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 82% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY012014118144
VAN271509321

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 1:10VANRyan KeslerAssists: Mason Raymond, Alexandre Burrows · Tip-in, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:12VANKevin BieksaGWGAssists: Raffi Torres, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:27VANDaniel SedinAssists: Kevin Bieksa, Alexandre Burrows · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P3 19:49CGYTim JackmanAssists: Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 3:50CGYTim Jackman: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 10:53VANDan Hamhuis: Interference2 min
  3. P2 13:11VANAndrew Alberts: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 14:32CGYOlli Jokinen: Interference2 min
  5. P3 16:31VANJeff Tambellini: Boarding2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malhotra won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
44Shots on goal21
2.9Expected goals1.2
67Shot attempts34
27Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits24
10Blocked shots16
6Giveaways7
11Takeaways8

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKotalik – Stajan – Glencross7:10

    xG 0.87–0.05 (94%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Backlund6:15

    xG 0.62–0.04 (94%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

  3. Morrison – Iginla – Bourque3:43

    xG 0.18–0.03 (87%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Morrison – Moss – Bourque5:05

    xG 0.14–0.03 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBabchuk – Pardy7:48

    xG 1.24–0.07 (95%)attempts 21–7goals 1–0

  2. Regehr – Bouwmeester14:05

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

  3. Sarich – Giordano13:28

    xG 0.30–0.14 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows9:33

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Kesler – Tambellini – Raymond12:06

    xG 0.15–0.16 (49%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Malhotra – Samuelsson – Torres9:33

    xG 0.05–0.68 (7%)attempts 4–17goals 1–0

  4. Bolduc – Glass – Hansen7:43

    xG 0.02–1.35 (1%)attempts 2–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Ehrhoff – Edler15:21

    xG 0.39–0.76 (34%)attempts 10–23goals 1–0

  2. Alberts – Ballard13:59

    xG 0.11–0.62 (15%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Bieksa16:12

    xG 0.39–1.09 (26%)attempts 6–16goals 2–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

VAN 1.2 xGCGY 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1032 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 82% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

Simulated goal difference (VAN − CGY), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).