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Fri, Dec 23, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 3, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 76% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01301137331
VAN0607117130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 2:36CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Jarome Iginla, Jay Bouwmeester · Snap, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P3 14:08CGYMikael BacklundGWGAssists: Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:59VANDan HamhuisAssists: Kevin Bieksa, Cody Hodgson · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:24CGYOlli JokinenENAssists: Jarome Iginla, Curtis Glencross · Wrist, 0.71 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:03CGYTom Kostopoulos: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:03VANKevin Bieksa: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 18:05CGYRene Bourque: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 3:51VANJannik Hansen: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 5:52CGYChris Butler: Hooking2 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
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Malhotra won the faceoff against Morrison
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
31Shots on goal30
2.9Expected goals1.6
45Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won27
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
30Hits30
17Blocked shots10
3Giveaways4
8Takeaways6

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. bestIginla – Jokinen – Glencross14:18

    xG 0.70–0.21 (77%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  2. Morrison – Kostopoulos – Jackman8:33

    xG 0.31–0.24 (57%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  3. Comeau – Byron – Horak9:06

    xG 0.12–0.07 (64%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Stempniak – Bourque – Backlund12:28

    xG 0.32–0.40 (45%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Butler17:45

    xG 0.85–0.30 (74%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  2. Sarich – Brodie10:58

    xG 0.59–0.05 (92%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Smith2:12

    xG 0.22–0.03 (89%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows15:57

    xG 0.39–0.31 (56%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Higgins – Kesler – Hansen5:49

    xG 0.09–0.22 (28%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Kesler – Raymond9:01

    xG 0.10–0.34 (23%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. Malhotra – Hansen – Hodgson5:28

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sulzer – Edler2:03

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Alberts – Sulzer9:20

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Sulzer2:33

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 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 1.6 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 17/100 · #993 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 76% 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).