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Wed, Nov 7, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Calgary Flames 2, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

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

ANA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY19013117239
ANA21101013324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:37ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Jacob Larsson · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:53ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Josh Manson, Pontus Aberg · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:10CGYMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Mark Giordano · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:06CGYMark JankowskiSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:33ANARyan GetzlafGWGAssists: Rickard Rakell, Cam Fowler · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:44CGYDerek Ryan: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:05ANABen Street: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 17:49CGYMatthew Tkachuk: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 7:09ANAMarcus Pettersson: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 4:28CGYMikael Backlund: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 18:46ANARickard Rakell: Slashing2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYANA
39Shots on goal24
3.8Expected goals3.0
68Shot attempts45
30Faceoffs won22
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
6Hits13
5Blocked shots11
17Giveaways12
9Takeaways3

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. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan14:52

    xG 1.05–0.26 (81%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Backlund – Tkachuk13:33

    xG 0.65–0.44 (59%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Bennett – Ryan6:19

    xG 0.37–0.17 (68%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Peluso – Jankowski – Czarnik3:42

    xG 0.12–0.06 (65%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin15:58

    xG 1.13–0.41 (73%)attempts 25–10goals 0–1

  2. Andersson – Välimäki11:17

    xG 0.65–0.28 (70%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie17:02

    xG 0.67–0.47 (59%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Eaves – Rakell15:59

    xG 0.68–0.49 (58%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  2. Henrique – Aberg – Lundeström9:00

    xG 0.50–0.54 (48%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  3. Carrick – Street – Sherwood6:15

    xG 0.07–0.62 (10%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

  4. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg13:20

    xG 0.32–0.89 (26%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pettersson – Montour8:27

    xG 0.32–0.46 (41%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

  2. Fowler – Manson18:35

    xG 0.82–1.20 (41%)attempts 13–20goals 2–0

  3. Lindholm – Larsson19:09

    xG 0.54–0.95 (36%)attempts 11–21goals 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.

ANA 3.0 xGCGY 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #447 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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.

ANA winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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