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Sat, Jan 10, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 1, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 57% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY160809123
VAN01501308036

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:38CGYMikael BacklundGWGAssists: David Jones, Johnny Gaudreau · Snap, 0.31 xG1–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 18:27VANDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 18:27CGYLance Bouma: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 19:38VANBrad Richardson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 17:15VANKevin Bieksa: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:15CGYMarkus Granlund: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P3 4:44VANLuca Sbisa: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 0:00CGYMark Giordano: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 0:00VANAlexandre Burrows: Roughing2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Sedin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
23Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals2.7
46Shot attempts77
25Faceoffs won38
2Power plays0
9Penalty minutes13
30Hits10
23Blocked shots15
4Giveaways12
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. bestJones – Backlund – Gaudreau9:11

    xG 0.63–0.27 (70%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Byron – Bollig6:24

    xG 0.31–0.11 (73%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Hudler – Glencross – Monahan11:34

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Colborne – Bouma – Granlund7:21

    xG 0.03–0.20 (12%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Wideman – Russell16:57

    xG 0.68–0.72 (49%)attempts 17–28goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie21:56

    xG 0.77–0.83 (48%)attempts 16–22goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Brodie2:02

    xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestHansen – Dorsett – Horvat8:54

    xG 0.73–0.31 (70%)attempts 17–3goals 0–1

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Burrows6:33

    xG 0.45–0.26 (63%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Higgins – Bonino4:38

    xG 0.14–0.02 (88%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Vrbata8:17

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev17:54

    xG 1.05–0.53 (66%)attempts 25–11goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Tanev2:34

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Sbisa – Corrado10:48

    xG 0.42–0.21 (67%)attempts 14–6goals 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 2.7 xGCGY 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1213 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 57% 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).