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Wed, Mar 21, 2018·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Anaheim Ducks 4, Calgary Flames 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 59% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA152615416
CGY01101206029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:51ANAAndrew CoglianoSHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:58ANAOndrej KaseAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Adam Henrique · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:55ANAHampus LindholmAssists: Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf · Slap, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P3 17:31ANAFrancois BeaucheminAssists: Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf · Slap, 0.06 xG4–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:02CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 8:02ANABrandon Montour: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 11:37ANABrandon Montour: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 5:45CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 14:39CGYMark Jankowski: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 14:39ANANick Ritchie: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 19:08ANAJakob Silfverberg: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Getzlaf won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACGY
16Shots on goal29
1.8Expected goals2.2
37Shot attempts61
28Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
8Penalty minutes6
14Hits37
13Blocked shots11
10Giveaways18
11Takeaways16

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:02

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Henrique – Ritchie – Kase10:50

    xG 0.46–0.52 (47%)attempts 8–12goals 1–0

  3. Chimera – Kelly – Grant5:06

    xG 0.11–0.23 (33%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell13:05

    xG 0.35–0.56 (38%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Lindholm2:15

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Pettersson12:47

    xG 0.45–0.21 (68%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  3. Beauchemin – Fowler3:48

    xG 0.13–0.04 (76%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBrouwer – Frolik – Backlund11:23

    xG 0.62–0.14 (82%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Glass – Lazar8:57

    xG 0.43–0.09 (83%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Monahan – Bennett13:01

    xG 0.40–0.23 (63%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Ferland – Jankowski – Hathaway8:19

    xG 0.10–0.42 (20%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton18:17

    xG 1.19–0.38 (76%)attempts 32–10goals 0–1

  2. Hamonic – Stone18:28

    xG 0.51–0.44 (53%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Andersson9:53

    xG 0.12–0.31 (27%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

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.

CGY 2.2 xGANA 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1197 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 59% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

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

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