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Sat, Feb 12, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 2, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 53% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0821008226
VAN11321218433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:42VANAlexandre BurrowsPPAssists: Mason Raymond, Manny Malhotra · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:11CGYTim JackmanAssists: Matt Stajan, Anton Babchuk · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:17CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Brendan Morrison, Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:40VANMikael SamuelssonAssists: Mason Raymond, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:20VANMikael SamuelssonPPGWGAssists: Christian Ehrhoff, Daniel Sedin · Snap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:18VANAlexandre BurrowsENAssists: Aaron Rome, Manny Malhotra · Wrist, 0.57 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:23CGYOlli Jokinen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:02CGYSteve Staios: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 12:23CGYAnton Babchuk: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:49VANDaniel Sedin: Holding2 min
  5. P3 4:39VANManny Malhotra: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 9:05VANSami Salo: Interference2 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 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
26Shots on goal33
2.0Expected goals2.3
43Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
29Hits29
17Blocked shots10
1Giveaways7
5Takeaways9

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. bestMorrison – Iginla – Glencross7:30

    xG 0.60–0.02 (96%)attempts 9–4goals 1–1

  2. Morrison – Iginla – Bourque6:49

    xG 0.34–0.15 (70%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Backlund – Bouma5:42

    xG 0.23–0.09 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Moss – Bourque5:30

    xG 0.15–0.08 (64%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Bouwmeester3:57

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Staios – Babchuk10:11

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 11–10goals 2–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Giordano2:37

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSamuelsson – Kesler – Raymond11:41

    xG 0.62–0.22 (74%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Torres – Glass – Oreskovich3:52

    xG 0.08–0.10 (45%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Samuelsson – Sedin – Sedin2:04

    xG 0.02–0.04 (32%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Malhotra – Tambellini – Hansen8:23

    xG 0.04–0.17 (21%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRome – Tanev11:16

    xG 0.38–0.11 (78%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Salo – Ehrhoff14:34

    xG 0.25–0.19 (56%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Ehrhoff – Bieksa2:35

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

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 2.3 xGCGY 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 50/100 · #577 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 53% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

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

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