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Mon, Oct 9, 2017·Honda Center, Anaheim

Calgary Flames 2, Anaheim Ducks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 51% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01011019229
ANA09017017043

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:27CGYSean MonahanPPGWGAssists: Kris Versteeg, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:19CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Michael Frolik, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–0
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:45CGYMichael Stone: Holding2 min
  2. P1 5:06CGYSam Bennett: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 6:10ANACorey Perry: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 6:10ANACorey Perry: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 6:10CGYTravis Hamonic: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 15:09ANACam Fowler: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 4:16ANARyan Getzlaf: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 15:27ANAKevin Bieksa: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 1:07CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  10. P3 10:07CGYTroy Brouwer: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 16:29CGYMikael Backlund: 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 20:00Vermette won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYANA
29Shots on goal43
3.7Expected goals3.6
64Shot attempts78
22Faceoffs won29
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
24Hits25
16Blocked shots17
12Giveaways8
4Takeaways7

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. bestFerland – Gaudreau – Monahan4:13

    xG 0.62–0.03 (95%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk11:03

    xG 0.50–0.42 (54%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  3. Versteeg – Lazar – Bennett4:46

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Versteeg – Ferland – Monahan4:36

    xG 0.14–0.27 (33%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton12:20

    xG 0.82–0.44 (65%)attempts 23–16goals 1–0

  2. Stone – Bartkowski8:42

    xG 0.70–0.45 (61%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Brodie2:49

    xG 0.10–0.09 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSilfverberg – Rakell – Rasmussen5:57

    xG 0.47–0.19 (72%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Silfverberg – Rakell3:46

    xG 0.10–0.03 (75%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Cogliano7:41

    xG 0.40–0.39 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  4. Vermette – Wagner – Shaw7:57

    xG 0.29–0.68 (30%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Manson12:55

    xG 0.52–0.36 (59%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Montour14:02

    xG 0.85–0.93 (48%)attempts 17–18goals 0–1

  3. Bieksa – Megna11:25

    xG 0.36–0.87 (29%)attempts 11–16goals 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.

ANA 3.6 xGCGY 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 10/100 · #1143 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 51% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

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

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