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Tue, Apr 3, 2018·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Arizona Coyotes 4, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 80% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI281716421
CGY08117018143

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:48ARIRichard PanikAssists: Kevin Connauton, Clayton Keller · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:39ARIKevin ConnautonGWGAssists: Max Domi, Trevor Murphy · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:18ARIChristian FischerAssists: Josh Archibald, Brendan Perlini · Deflected, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P2 4:32CGYNicholas ShoreAssists: Curtis Lazar, Matt Bartkowski · Snap, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 12:50ARIDylan StromeAssists: Max Domi · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:11CGYDougie Hamilton: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:55CGYNicholas Shore: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 17:13CGYMichael Frolik: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 15:07CGYGarnet Hathaway: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 9:41ARINick Cousins: Cross checking2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICGY
21Shots on goal43
1.9Expected goals3.8
46Shot attempts77
36Faceoffs won43
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
20Hits20
15Blocked shots12
14Giveaways14
13Takeaways3

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestStepan – Panik – Keller13:14

    xG 0.55–0.22 (71%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook11:47

    xG 0.47–0.33 (58%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Archibald – Perlini – Fischer9:33

    xG 0.19–0.63 (23%)attempts 5–19goals 1–0

  4. Rinaldo – Domi – Strome9:50

    xG 0.14–0.64 (18%)attempts 7–20goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Schenn5:38

    xG 0.55–0.17 (76%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Chychrun4:27

    xG 0.05–0.04 (54%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Connauton4:51

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGlass – Jankowski – Hathaway6:35

    xG 0.37–0.02 (95%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Bennett – Foo13:48

    xG 0.48–0.22 (69%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Ferland – Shore – Lazar10:09

    xG 0.45–0.54 (46%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  4. Brouwer – Frolik – Backlund11:40

    xG 0.28–0.51 (36%)attempts 12–11goals 0–3

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Kulak12:48

    xG 0.72–0.25 (74%)attempts 19–10goals 0–3

  2. Giordano – Hamilton20:14

    xG 0.39–0.38 (50%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

  3. Bartkowski – Andersson12:54

    xG 0.56–0.66 (46%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

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 3.8 xGARI 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 26/100 · #931 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 80% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

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

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