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Thu, Dec 27, 2018·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 4, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 58% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0721428429
WPG014111011136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:04CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Sean Monahan, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:53WPGAdam LowryUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:47CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:39CGYMark JankowskiSHAssists: Elias Lindholm, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–1
  5. P3 17:54CGYJohnny GaudreauENAssists: Sean Monahan, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.60 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:15WPGDustin Byfuglien: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 3:33CGYTJ Brodie: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:35WPGMark Scheifele: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 0:00WPGBen Chiarot: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 7:29CGYSam Bennett: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 7:29WPGNikolaj Ehlers: Holding2 min
  7. P3 15:16CGYDerek Ryan: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 17:54WPGDustin Byfuglien: 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Scheifele
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
29Shots on goal36
3.5Expected goals3.1
52Shot attempts67
23Faceoffs won33
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
13Hits18
15Blocked shots14
13Giveaways8
5Takeaways7

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. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan9:44

    xG 0.50–0.52 (49%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  2. Neal – Quine – Jankowski9:44

    xG 0.59–0.62 (49%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Hathaway – Ryan7:08

    xG 0.08–0.28 (22%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Bennett – Tkachuk9:45

    xG 0.14–0.47 (23%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamonic – Hanifin14:32

    xG 0.56–0.55 (51%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  2. Andersson – Kylington9:55

    xG 0.52–0.70 (43%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie16:37

    xG 0.32–0.87 (27%)attempts 10–20goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLittle – Connor – Laine9:42

    xG 0.72–0.39 (65%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  2. Copp – Roslovic – Appleton6:05

    xG 0.32–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Lowry – Tanev7:41

    xG 0.41–0.13 (77%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers13:44

    xG 0.54–0.60 (48%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Kulikov11:21

    xG 0.80–0.13 (86%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Chiarot15:46

    xG 0.77–0.47 (62%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Morrissey15:12

    xG 0.74–0.75 (50%)attempts 18–19goals 1–2

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 3.1 xGCGY 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #798 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 58% 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).