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Fri, Dec 29, 2017·Honda Center, Anaheim

Calgary Flames 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 61% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0511107123
ANA12008113241

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:48ANACam FowlerAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Rickard Rakell · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:55CGYMicheal FerlandAssists: Matt Bartkowski, Mike Smith · Snap, 0.35 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:17ANARickard RakellPPGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 4:09ANAJosh Manson: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 4:37CGYMikael Backlund: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 7:39CGYMikael Backlund: Holding2 min
  4. P1 11:37CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 11:37ANARyan Kesler: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 18:20CGYGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 18:20ANABrandon Montour: Roughing2 min
  8. P1 18:20CGYGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 8:46CGYCurtis Lazar: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 14:34ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 2:10CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  12. P3 10:27CGYSean Monahan: High sticking2 min
  13. P3 15:19ANARickard Rakell: Roughing2 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 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYANA
23Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals2.7
58Shot attempts64
35Faceoffs won29
3Power plays6
19Penalty minutes13
20Hits15
7Blocked shots21
10Giveaways13
4Takeaways4

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. bestJankowski – Hathaway – Bennett7:25

    xG 0.44–0.17 (72%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan8:16

    xG 0.58–0.61 (49%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Stajan – Brouwer – Lazar5:12

    xG 0.05–0.18 (22%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Backlund – Tkachuk10:18

    xG 0.14–0.44 (24%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Hamilton2:12

    xG 0.22–0.16 (58%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton12:41

    xG 0.22–0.43 (34%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Stone – Bartkowski10:07

    xG 0.24–0.48 (33%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg2:02

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Rakell – Kase9:46

    xG 0.29–0.09 (76%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Shaw – Ritchie3:17

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Vermette – Wagner – Roy3:26

    xG 0.08–0.02 (84%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm14:07

    xG 0.75–0.54 (58%)attempts 19–16goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Montour7:48

    xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Bieksa – Fowler13:08

    xG 0.30–0.22 (57%)attempts 7–9goals 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 2.7 xGCGY 2.2 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 22/100 · #984 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (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, Anaheim Ducks win this game 61% 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).