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Sat, Feb 6, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 4, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 72% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0719314430
VAN05018112135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:25CGYMichael FrolikAssists: TJ Brodie, Mikael Backlund · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P3 15:07CGYSean MonahanGWGAssists: Jiri Hudler, Sam Bennett · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:45CGYMikael BacklundENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.75 xG3–0
  4. P3 18:26VANEmerson EtemAssists: Linden Vey, Alexandre Burrows · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:24CGYSam BennettENAssists: Michael Frolik, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.75 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 10:21VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:26VANLuca Sbisa: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:26CGYMicheal Ferland: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 15:35CGYSam Bennett: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 10:01VANRadim Vrbata: 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
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
30Shots on goal35
3.5Expected goals2.3
53Shot attempts73
32Faceoffs won17
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
20Hits14
19Blocked shots14
7Giveaways4
5Takeaways2

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. bestStajan – Bouma – Bollig7:54

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Gaudreau – Monahan11:52

    xG 0.53–0.50 (52%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  3. Jones – Ferland – Jooris9:32

    xG 0.05–0.17 (23%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Bennett10:36

    xG 0.21–0.44 (32%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Brodie5:01

    xG 0.28–0.13 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Smid13:33

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  3. Russell – Hamilton11:51

    xG 0.33–0.48 (41%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Vey – Etem11:41

    xG 0.59–0.39 (61%)attempts 19–11goals 1–0

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Hansen15:13

    xG 0.55–0.51 (52%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

  3. Dorsett – Sutter – Virtanen9:12

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Baertschi – Horvat8:35

    xG 0.12–0.14 (46%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Sbisa13:24

    xG 0.65–0.29 (69%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Tanev17:22

    xG 0.67–0.50 (57%)attempts 24–13goals 1–2

  3. Bartkowski – Hutton14:19

    xG 0.31–0.61 (33%)attempts 14–15goals 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 2.3 xGCGY 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 24/100 · #956 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 72% 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).