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Sat, Feb 9, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 3, Vancouver Canucks 4 (SO)

Expected result

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

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY213120014000347
VAN2111508011425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:44VANBo HorvatAssists: Chris Tanev, Antoine Roussel · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:39CGYElias LindholmAssists: Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:58VANJosh LeivoAssists: Elias Pettersson, Derrick Pouliot · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:35CGYSam BennettAssists: James Neal, Mark Jankowski · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:19CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Noah Hanifin · Snap, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:11VANBrock BoeserAssists: Elias Pettersson, Ben Hutton · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Elias Pettersson scored
  2. 2. CGY Matthew Tkachuk stopped
  3. 3. VAN Brock Boeser stopped
  4. 4. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
  5. 5. VAN Markus Granlund stopped
  6. 6. CGY James Neal stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:47CGYMikael Backlund: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:20VANJake Virtanen: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 15:21CGYMark Giordano: Interference2 min
  4. P2 13:59VANJake Virtanen: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 13:59CGYMikael Backlund: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 17:47CGYJames Neal: Interference2 min
  7. P2 19:12VANJake Virtanen: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 2:46VANBrock Boeser: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 7:26VANAlex Biega: High sticking double minor4 min
  10. P3 12:56CGYDerek Ryan: Holding2 min
  11. OT 3:37CGYMark Giordano: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Sutter
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
47Shots on goal25
4.9Expected goals2.7
77Shot attempts56
34Faceoffs won31
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
9Hits33
17Blocked shots16
7Giveaways16
4Takeaways5

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 – Monahan8:51

    xG 0.94–0.30 (76%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Neal – Jankowski – Bennett8:26

    xG 0.72–0.24 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Hathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan4:38

    xG 0.52–0.21 (72%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk9:58

    xG 0.31–0.60 (34%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie14:13

    xG 1.27–0.24 (84%)attempts 25–7goals 2–1

  2. Andersson – Kylington7:20

    xG 0.77–0.15 (83%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Hanifin13:57

    xG 0.79–1.08 (42%)attempts 12–20goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Horvat – Goldobin6:35

    xG 0.56–0.22 (72%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Sutter – Granlund – Virtanen5:52

    xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson9:58

    xG 0.56–0.90 (38%)attempts 11–12goals 1–2

  4. Eriksson – Beagle – Motte4:05

    xG 0.00–0.43 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Tanev – Hutton3:08

    xG 0.19–0.22 (46%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  2. Gudbranson – Stecher2:31

    xG 0.11–0.35 (24%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Pouliot10:57

    xG 0.76–1.00 (43%)attempts 13–16goals 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.

VAN 2.7 xGCGY 4.9 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #270 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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.

VAN winsCGY wins

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

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