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Sat, Feb 9, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 1, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 65% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY11109014134
VAN0731529531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:18CGYLee StempniakAssists: Matt Stajan, Blake Comeau · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:34VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:01VANJordan SchroederPPGWGAssists: Alexander Edler, Alexandre Burrows · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P2 17:37VANKevin BieksaAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:18VANChris HigginsAssists: Maxim Lapierre, Kevin Bieksa · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:41VANJordan SchroederAssists: Mason Raymond, Chris Tanev · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:28CGYAlex Tanguay: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:26CGYAlex Tanguay: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:48VANMaxim Lapierre: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 8:49CGYRoman Cervenka: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 11:03CGYJiri Hudler: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:00VANChris Higgins: Holding2 min
  7. P3 4:41CGYMatt Stajan: 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
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tanguay won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
34Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts59
27Faceoffs won37
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
16Hits18
14Blocked shots9
6Giveaways9
8Takeaways4

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. bestBegin – Jackman – Jones6:19

    xG 0.48–0.11 (81%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  2. Stajan – Stempniak – Comeau5:48

    xG 0.46–0.37 (56%)attempts 4–7goals 1–1

  3. Iginla – Stajan – Glencross3:19

    xG 0.15–0.09 (61%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Tanguay – Hudler – Stempniak2:33

    xG 0.10–0.09 (52%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Butler – Smith13:57

    xG 0.56–0.54 (51%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  2. Bouwmeester – Giordano14:28

    xG 0.58–0.68 (46%)attempts 10–18goals 1–2

  3. Wideman – Brodie16:29

    xG 0.53–0.72 (42%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows10:45

    xG 0.84–0.04 (95%)attempts 16–3goals 2–0

  2. Hansen – Raymond – Schroeder8:18

    xG 0.49–0.05 (90%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  3. Higgins – Lapierre – Kassian6:41

    xG 0.36–0.03 (93%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  4. Malhotra – Weise – Volpatti4:33

    xG 0.09–0.11 (45%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBieksa – Garrison14:52

    xG 0.99–0.61 (62%)attempts 17–12goals 3–0

  2. Ballard – Tanev13:20

    xG 0.72–0.43 (63%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Hamhuis – Edler13:26

    xG 0.50–0.53 (48%)attempts 14–13goals 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 2.9 xGCGY 2.2 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 39/100 · #459 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 65% 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).