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Thu, Feb 22, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Calgary Flames 5, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 64% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY27114217538
ARI110012115237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:57ARIDerek StepanAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Jason Demers · Wrist, 0.33 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:02CGYSam BennettAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Giordano · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:18CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Sean Monahan, Sam Bennett · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:38CGYSean MonahanPPGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:11CGYMark JankowskiSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.15 xG4–1
  6. P3 11:06CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.10 xG5–1
  7. P3 17:30ARIKevin ConnautonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG5–2
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 3:54ARIDerek Stepan: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 12:50ARIZac Rinaldo: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:50CGYMicheal Ferland: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:12CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 19:10CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 5:27CGYTJ Brodie: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 7:24ARIMax Domi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P2 13:11CGYMichael Frolik: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 3:28CGYMatt Stajan: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 6:32ARIMax Domi: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 8:02CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 8:02ARIJosh Archibald: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 12:21ARIMax Domi: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  14. P3 12:21ARIMax Domi: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 0:00CGYMatt Stajan: Holding2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richardson won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYARI
38Shots on goal37
4.5Expected goals3.5
69Shot attempts65
31Faceoffs won29
4Power plays5
19Penalty minutes25
20Hits28
18Blocked shots12
5Giveaways8
1Takeaways2

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 – Brouwer – Lazar6:31

    xG 1.17–0.08 (94%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Ferland – Jankowski – Hathaway5:12

    xG 0.26–0.05 (83%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Monahan – Bennett10:36

    xG 0.42–0.24 (64%)attempts 11–7goals 2–1

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk10:07

    xG 0.47–0.89 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Kulak10:28

    xG 0.91–0.52 (64%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton11:33

    xG 0.57–0.22 (72%)attempts 15–10goals 3–0

  3. Hamonic – Brodie13:33

    xG 1.12–0.78 (59%)attempts 16–18goals 0–2

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Panik – Dvorak – Fischer7:50

    xG 0.57–0.65 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 0–2

  2. Stepan – Perlini – Keller9:01

    xG 0.49–0.74 (40%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook9:31

    xG 0.23–0.56 (29%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  4. Rinaldo – Archibald – Domi4:20

    xG 0.10–0.62 (14%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Ekman-Larsson11:27

    xG 0.86–0.68 (56%)attempts 12–16goals 1–2

  2. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson7:21

    xG 0.10–0.08 (55%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Chychrun2:07

    xG 0.07–0.05 (58%)attempts 5–2goals 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.

ARI 3.5 xGCGY 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ARI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ARI is favoured, below it CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 44/100 · #707 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 64% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

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

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