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Tue, Apr 4, 2017·Honda Center, Anaheim

Calgary Flames 1, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1110907127
ANA032918320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:19CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Mark Giordano, Kris Versteeg · Tip-in, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:48ANAPatrick EavesAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Tip-in, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:02ANAKevin BieksaGWGAssists: Antoine Vermette, Corey Perry · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:43ANAChris WagnerAssists: Logan Shaw, Nate Thompson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–3
Penalties (26)
  1. P1 7:47ANACorey Perry: Holding2 min
  2. P1 17:11CGYTJ Brodie: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 6:26ANARickard Rakell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 7:00CGYMark Giordano: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 7:00ANAJosh Manson: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 7:39CGYMicheal Ferland: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 7:39CGYMicheal Ferland: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 7:39ANAKorbinian Holzer: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 7:39CGYSean Monahan: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 7:39ANARyan Kesler: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 7:39CGYMicheal Ferland: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 8:24ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 8:24CGYDeryk Engelland: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 9:14ANABrandon Montour: Slashing2 min
  15. P3 10:26ANARyan Getzlaf: Tripping2 min
  16. P3 12:42CGYMikael Backlund: Cross checking2 min
  17. P3 16:59CGYMatt Bartkowski: Instigator2 min
  18. P3 16:59CGYMatt Bartkowski: Fighting5 min
  19. P3 16:59CGYMatt Bartkowski: Game misconduct10 min
  20. P3 16:59ANAKorbinian Holzer: Fighting5 min
  21. P3 16:59ANARyan Kesler: Slashing2 min
  22. P3 16:59ANARyan Kesler: Misconduct10 min
  23. P3 16:59CGYMichael Frolik: Slashing2 min
  24. P3 16:59CGYMichael Frolik: Misconduct10 min
  25. P3 16:59CGYDeryk Engelland: Game misconduct10 min
  26. P3 0:00CGYMikael Backlund: Game misconduct10 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
44% to win56% to win
← CGY attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYANA
27Shots on goal20
2.8Expected goals2.5
59Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won34
4Power plays4
76Penalty minutes36
33Hits34
7Blocked shots17
9Giveaways12
6Takeaways4

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. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk11:59

    xG 0.67–0.46 (59%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan7:32

    xG 0.29–0.42 (41%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Versteeg – Chiasson – Bennett9:52

    xG 0.15–0.29 (35%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  4. Stajan – Brouwer – Bouma8:55

    xG 0.26–0.41 (39%)attempts 6–9goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Bartkowski13:14

    xG 0.46–0.20 (69%)attempts 16–8goals 0–2

  2. Giordano – Hamilton13:53

    xG 0.43–0.62 (41%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  3. Stone – Brodie14:00

    xG 0.63–0.93 (40%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestVermette – Perry – Ritchie9:53

    xG 0.54–0.29 (65%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Wagner – Shaw6:07

    xG 0.16–0.06 (73%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Getzlaf – Eaves – Rakell10:59

    xG 0.47–0.42 (53%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:56

    xG 0.54–0.66 (45%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Bieksa – Holzer12:08

    xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Montour11:53

    xG 0.36–0.44 (45%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Theodore12:37

    xG 0.59–0.76 (44%)attempts 15–13goals 1–1

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 2.5 xGCGY 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #988 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 54% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

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

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).