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Wed, Apr 10, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Vancouver Canucks 4, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 52% of the time.

CGY winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN11001039429
CGY113010018141

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:17CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Max Reinhart, Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:21VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Jason Garrison, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:37VANMaxim LapierreGWGAssists: Andrew Ebbett · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:34VANMason RaymondAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:27VANDaniel SedinPPAssists: Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 12:53VANJason Garrison: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:57VANDaniel Sedin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 5:25CGYAlex Tanguay: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:38VANRyan Kesler: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:44CGYSven Baertschi: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 15:02CGYBlair Jones: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 15:02VANDerek Roy: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 16:56VANMaxim Lapierre: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 0:11CGYMark Giordano: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  10. P3 16:22CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min · PPG

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← VAN attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCGY
29Shots on goal41
2.9Expected goals3.1
61Shot attempts65
38Faceoffs won32
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
11Hits13
12Blocked shots18
9Giveaways10
4Takeaways11

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRoy – Lapierre – Ebbett2:20

    xG 0.26–0.04 (86%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows12:20

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  3. Lapierre – Sestito – Ebbett5:30

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Roy – Hansen – Weise8:22

    xG 0.11–0.30 (27%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Bieksa3:31

    xG 0.81–0.23 (78%)attempts 7–6goals 2–0

  2. Edler – Garrison2:36

    xG 0.07–0.16 (32%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Garrison11:32

    xG 0.25–0.36 (41%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Horak – Baertschi8:19

    xG 0.46–0.18 (72%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Glencross – Reinhart3:53

    xG 0.06–0.11 (35%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Tanguay – Stempniak – Backlund7:05

    xG 0.12–0.18 (39%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  4. Glencross – Jones – Cervenka2:23

    xG 0.02–0.11 (16%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Brodie2:06

    xG 0.63–0.12 (84%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Brodie12:23

    xG 0.35–0.11 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Giordano14:15

    xG 0.61–0.40 (60%)attempts 15–13goals 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.

CGY 3.1 xGVAN 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYVAN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #356 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 52% of the time.

CGY winsVAN wins

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

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