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Sat, Oct 15, 2016·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 1, Vancouver Canucks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 61% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY1801107000126
VAN0907112031231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:14CGYTroy BrouwerENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.68 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:09VANDaniel SedinAssists: Loui Eriksson, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. CGY Sam Bennett stopped
  2. 2. VAN Sven Baertschi stopped
  3. 3. CGY Johnny Gaudreau stopped
  4. 4. VAN Alexandre Burrows stopped
  5. 5. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
  6. 6. VAN Loui Eriksson stopped
  7. 7. CGY Kris Versteeg stopped
  8. 8. VAN Brandon Sutter scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:14CGYTroy Brouwer: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:40CGYDougie Hamilton: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P2 11:22VANChris Tanev: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 0:35VANChris Tanev: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:37VANDerek Dorsett: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 4:37CGYSam Bennett: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:44CGYAlex Chiasson: Slashing2 min
  8. OT 3:36CGYDougie Hamilton: 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
44% to win56% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
26Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals2.7
41Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
15Hits11
23Blocked shots8
8Giveaways7
5Takeaways3

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 – Chiasson – Tkachuk2:23

    xG 0.12–0.01 (92%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Brouwer – Ferland – Bennett5:28

    xG 0.19–0.13 (60%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Chiasson – Ferland2:51

    xG 0.06–0.05 (53%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Bouma7:50

    xG 0.09–0.12 (43%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Engelland – Kulak13:17

    xG 0.23–0.27 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie16:00

    xG 0.48–0.67 (42%)attempts 11–19goals 0–1

  3. Jokipakka – Hamilton14:07

    xG 0.23–0.51 (31%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Eriksson13:15

    xG 0.81–0.49 (62%)attempts 18–11goals 1–0

  2. Granlund – Baertschi – Virtanen7:03

    xG 0.21–0.03 (88%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Burrows – Dorsett – Horvat8:09

    xG 0.09–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Hansen – Sutter – Gaunce8:16

    xG 0.23–0.27 (47%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Tanev16:27

    xG 0.98–0.53 (65%)attempts 20–13goals 1–0

  2. Sbisa – Larsen10:13

    xG 0.23–0.12 (66%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Gudbranson – Hutton15:17

    xG 0.13–0.28 (32%)attempts 8–10goals 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 2.2 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 48/100 · #592 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 61% 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).