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Sun, Feb 3, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Calgary Flames 4, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 57% of the time.

CAR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY11021319432
CAR114110113337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:03CARTeuvo TeravainenAssists: Micheal Ferland, Sebastian Aho · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:58CGYElias LindholmPPAssists: Sean Monahan, Mark Giordano · Deflected, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:39CGYDerek RyanAssists: Andrew Mangiapane, Oliver Kylington · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:34CGYGarnet HathawaySHAssists: Derek Ryan · Tip-in, 0.15 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:27CARDougie HamiltonAssists: Lucas Wallmark, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:05CGYNoah HanifinGWGAssists: Sam Bennett, James Neal · Slap, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:05CARSebastian AhoAssists: Micheal Ferland, Dougie Hamilton · Slap, 0.08 xG4–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:51CARNino Niederreiter: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:27CARAndrei Svechnikov: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 17:19CGYOliver Kylington: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 3:08CARMicheal Ferland: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:54CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 2:28CGYGarnet Hathaway: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 14:22CARLucas Wallmark: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 17:17CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 17:32CARJustin Faulk: High sticking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CAR
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wallmark won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCAR
32Shots on goal37
3.9Expected goals3.4
57Shot attempts68
34Faceoffs won29
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
21Hits19
21Blocked shots8
10Giveaways10
3Takeaways10

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. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk11:10

    xG 0.95–0.46 (68%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Jankowski – Bennett6:49

    xG 0.55–0.22 (71%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Hathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan5:34

    xG 0.14–0.15 (48%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Neal – Gaudreau – Monahan2:11

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie14:16

    xG 1.07–0.53 (67%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  2. Prout – Kylington10:00

    xG 0.66–0.37 (64%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson15:33

    xG 0.72–0.85 (46%)attempts 10–22goals 2–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestWilliams – Niederreiter – Aho13:19

    xG 1.01–0.68 (60%)attempts 20–14goals 0–0

  2. McKegg – Maenalanen – Foegele4:47

    xG 0.19–0.19 (49%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Ferland – Teravainen – Wallmark8:45

    xG 0.25–0.40 (39%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  4. Martinook – McGinn – Svechnikov8:19

    xG 0.15–0.38 (28%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin12:45

    xG 0.64–0.56 (53%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. de Haan – van Riemsdyk8:30

    xG 0.51–0.50 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 1–2

  3. Faulk – Pesce14:35

    xG 0.70–1.02 (41%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

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.

CAR 3.4 xGCGY 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #559 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 57% of the time.

CAR winsCGY wins

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

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