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Mon, Mar 19, 2018·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Calgary Flames 2, Arizona Coyotes 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 56% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY016216012244
ARI0921437530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:15ARIRichard PanikAssists: Clayton Keller, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 9:05CGYDougie HamiltonAssists: Mark Giordano, Chris Stewart · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:28CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:31ARIMax DomiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:19ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonGWGAssists: Max Domi, Brendan Perlini · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:23ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:39ARIMax DomiENAssists: Christian Dvorak, Derek Stepan · Wrist, 0.71 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:38ARIRichard Panik: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 11:38CGYSam Bennett: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 13:05ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Charging2 min
  4. P1 15:31ARIMax Domi: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 0:18CGYTravis Hamonic: Interference2 min
  6. P3 3:41ARIJosh Archibald: Charging2 min
  7. P3 5:32ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 5:32CGYSam Bennett: 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYARI
44Shots on goal30
4.2Expected goals3.7
81Shot attempts64
32Faceoffs won30
3Power plays1
6Penalty minutes10
27Hits25
21Blocked shots16
5Giveaways9
1Takeaways4

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 – Lazar – Hathaway8:52

    xG 0.61–0.12 (83%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Monahan – Bennett10:58

    xG 1.17–0.73 (62%)attempts 24–16goals 1–1

  3. Stewart – Ferland – Jankowski8:42

    xG 0.43–0.51 (46%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  4. Brouwer – Frolik – Backlund11:38

    xG 0.35–0.47 (42%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton15:56

    xG 1.66–0.86 (66%)attempts 37–14goals 2–1

  2. Hamonic – Kulak2:28

    xG 0.09–0.12 (42%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Stone16:25

    xG 0.59–0.64 (48%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDomi – Perlini – Dvorak10:54

    xG 0.89–0.21 (81%)attempts 20–9goals 2–0

  2. Rinaldo – Archibald – Fischer5:47

    xG 0.11–0.22 (34%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Panik – Keller11:59

    xG 0.22–0.40 (35%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  4. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook9:50

    xG 0.64–1.00 (39%)attempts 12–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestConnauton – Chychrun5:27

    xG 0.31–0.25 (56%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Demers – Ekman-Larsson15:49

    xG 0.84–0.82 (50%)attempts 18–19goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Chychrun10:17

    xG 0.44–0.57 (43%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

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 3.7 xGCGY 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 59/100 · #535 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 56% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

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

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