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Sat, Oct 10, 2015·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 3, Vancouver Canucks 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY11501011211338
VAN092110802230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:00CGYDougie HamiltonPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:03VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Sven Baertschi, Ben Hutton · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:33VANJared McCannAssists: Jannik Hansen, Brandon Prust · Snap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:49CGYSean MonahanAssists: Jiri Hudler, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:03CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:12VANMatt Bartkowski: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:51CGYDennis Wideman: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:14CGYDennis Wideman: Holding2 min
  4. P2 14:26VANDaniel Sedin: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:26CGYDeryk Engelland: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 14:26CGYBrandon Bollig: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:42VANDerek Dorsett: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 16:42CGYJiri Hudler: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P2 17:51VANMatt Bartkowski: Interference2 min
  10. P3 13:52CGYMichael Frolik: Tripping2 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
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
38Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals2.7
67Shot attempts52
35Faceoffs won34
2Power plays4
12Penalty minutes8
23Hits15
11Blocked shots22
7Giveaways13
3Takeaways4

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. bestHudler – Gaudreau – Monahan12:56

    xG 0.69–0.28 (71%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  2. Raymond – Frolik – Bennett10:05

    xG 0.56–0.20 (74%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Bouma – Bollig4:08

    xG 0.12–0.10 (57%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Jones – Ferland7:52

    xG 0.07–0.34 (17%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Kulak8:05

    xG 0.42–0.14 (75%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton18:51

    xG 0.47–0.58 (45%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

  3. Wideman – Russell18:05

    xG 0.59–0.83 (41%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPrust – Cracknell – Dorsett8:36

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  2. Vrbata – Baertschi – Horvat8:46

    xG 0.38–0.35 (52%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Hansen – McCann7:25

    xG 0.14–0.30 (32%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  4. Sedin – Sedin – Sutter14:02

    xG 0.33–0.55 (38%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeber – Sbisa8:36

    xG 0.40–0.16 (71%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Tanev5:37

    xG 0.26–0.10 (72%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Sbisa – Hutton5:26

    xG 0.17–0.04 (79%)attempts 6–1goals 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 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 75/100 · #289 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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.

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).