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Sat, Mar 31, 2012·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY0121811003233
VAN1701111214334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:08VANMaxim LapierreAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexander Edler · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:38CGYOlli JokinenPPAssists: Jarome Iginla · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:51CGYMichael CammalleriAssists: David Moss, Chris Butler · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:45VANMarc-Andre GragnaniAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:58VANAndrew EbbettGWGAssists: Sami Salo, Alexander Edler · Deflected, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 18:05CGYCory Sarich: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:56CGYMark Giordano: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 4:07VANRyan Kesler: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:07CGYScott Hannan: Misconduct10 min
  5. P2 6:52CGYCory Sarich: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 6:52VANMaxim Lapierre: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:20VANMason Raymond: Delaying game puck over glass2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
33Shots on goal34
1.5Expected goals2.1
50Shot attempts74
28Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
16Penalty minutes6
28Hits25
22Blocked shots11
5Giveaways6
9Takeaways8

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. bestCammalleri – Moss – Comeau11:58

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Jones9:43

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  3. Tanguay – Stajan – Stempniak8:53

    xG 0.04–0.23 (14%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Jokinen – Glencross11:13

    xG 0.28–0.49 (37%)attempts 12–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Giordano16:07

    xG 0.57–0.44 (56%)attempts 19–13goals 1–0

  2. Hannan – Babchuk7:06

    xG 0.14–0.07 (65%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Butler20:13

    xG 0.15–0.94 (14%)attempts 7–27goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Burrows – Lapierre13:03

    xG 0.34–0.06 (84%)attempts 9–5goals 2–0

  2. Malhotra – Ebbett – Kassian7:19

    xG 0.26–0.00 (99%)attempts 14–1goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Ebbett – Kassian2:10

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Booth – Raymond8:27

    xG 0.24–0.19 (57%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Gragnani13:56

    xG 0.78–0.15 (84%)attempts 17–10goals 2–0

  2. Salo – Alberts11:48

    xG 0.36–0.22 (62%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Edler2:56

    xG 0.03–0.09 (25%)attempts 3–3goals 0–1

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 2.1 xGCGY 1.5 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 58/100 · #487 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 63% 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).