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Wed, Jan 21, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

Calgary Flames 3, Anaheim Ducks 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY010213110333
ANA3818211627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:41ANAKyle PalmieriAssists: Matt Beleskey · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:59ANAPatrick MaroonAssists: Ben Lovejoy, Cam Fowler · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:04ANABen LovejoyAssists: Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:37ANATim JackmanGWGAssists: Rene Bourque, Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–4
  5. P2 11:13CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Lance Bouma · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–4
  6. P2 19:12CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Giordano · Slap, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:44ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry, Colby Robak · Snap, 0.11 xG2–5
  8. P3 10:42CGYJoe ColborneAssists: Lance Bouma, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:41ANARyan KeslerENAssists: Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.57 xG3–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:58ANAAndrew Cogliano: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:54ANAMatt Beleskey: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 0:38ANACorey Perry: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:47CGYDavid Jones: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:01CGYMatt 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYANA
33Shots on goal27
2.9Expected goals3.1
62Shot attempts52
33Faceoffs won27
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits23
15Blocked shots18
13Giveaways7
3Takeaways8

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. bestBacklund – Colborne – Bouma7:24

    xG 0.74–0.20 (79%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Raymond – Backlund – Colborne3:59

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Raymond – Jooris2:59

    xG 0.21–0.11 (65%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  4. Jones – Bouma – Monahan4:27

    xG 0.04–0.02 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Russell15:05

    xG 0.74–0.56 (57%)attempts 20–13goals 0–2

  2. Engelland – Diaz10:12

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 1–1

  3. Giordano – Brodie16:09

    xG 0.38–0.79 (32%)attempts 14–16goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Maroon12:09

    xG 0.94–0.46 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  2. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Rakell10:27

    xG 0.18–0.19 (49%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Thompson – Bourque8:40

    xG 0.16–0.20 (44%)attempts 8–4goals 2–1

  4. Kesler – Beleskey – Palmieri7:35

    xG 0.42–1.06 (29%)attempts 8–18goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobak – Vatanen11:46

    xG 0.72–0.25 (74%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler15:01

    xG 0.67–0.62 (52%)attempts 18–13goals 2–1

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm18:52

    xG 0.56–1.40 (29%)attempts 16–26goals 1–2

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.

ANA 3.1 xGCGY 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #252 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ANA 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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).