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Thu, Apr 5, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 1, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01511007132
WPG181909226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:13WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Kyle Connor · Deflected, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:59WPGPaul StastnyGWGAssists: Ben Chiarot, Nikolaj Ehlers · Deflected, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:14CGYSpencer FooAssists: Michael Stone, Mikael Backlund · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:47WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 12:17CGYTanner Glass: Interference2 min
  3. P2 16:11CGYBrett Kulak: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 1:42CGYMark Jankowski: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 17:30WPGJosh Morrissey: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 18:52CGYDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:52CGYMark Jankowski: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 18:52WPGAdam Lowry: 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Shore won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
32Shots on goal26
2.0Expected goals1.8
52Shot attempts45
19Faceoffs won35
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
14Hits11
7Blocked shots9
11Giveaways11
6Takeaways9

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. bestGlass – Lazar – Hathaway7:03

    xG 0.39–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Bennett – Foo11:22

    xG 0.36–0.17 (67%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  3. Ferland – Gaudreau – Shore12:00

    xG 0.25–0.14 (65%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Brouwer – Frolik – Jankowski7:25

    xG 0.24–0.17 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBartkowski – Andersson15:24

    xG 0.78–0.21 (79%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Stone – Kulak13:00

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

  3. Bartkowski – Hamilton2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Stastny – Ehlers – Laine10:09

    xG 0.17–0.15 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Roslovic3:41

    xG 0.04–0.04 (52%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Little – Perreault – Roslovic4:51

    xG 0.02–0.06 (30%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor13:23

    xG 0.18–0.24 (42%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Byfuglien – Morrow16:37

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  2. Trouba – Morrissey16:13

    xG 0.26–0.42 (39%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

  3. Myers – Chiarot12:56

    xG 0.17–0.64 (21%)attempts 6–13goals 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.

WPG 1.8 xGCGY 2.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1063 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 53% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

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

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