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Mon, Feb 18, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Arizona Coyotes 2, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 86% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI08211010229
CGY17213213533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:34CGYDerek RyanAssists: Mark Giordano, Garnet Hathaway · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:27ARIConor GarlandAssists: Nick Cousins · Backhand, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:20CGYMark GiordanoAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Rasmus Andersson · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:21ARIJordan WealPPAssists: Alex Galchenyuk, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:47CGYAustin CzarnikGWGAssists: Sam Bennett, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 5:48CGYMichael FrolikAssists: Elias Lindholm, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:48CGYMikael BacklundENAssists: Michael Frolik, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.76 xG2–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:37CGYMark Giordano: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:39CGYMikael Backlund: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 12:59CGYGarnet Hathaway: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 7:04ARIAlex Goligoski: Holding2 min
  5. P3 13:39ARIClayton Keller: Tripping2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← ARI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICGY
29Shots on goal33
1.9Expected goals4.3
53Shot attempts65
25Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
11Hits8
20Blocked shots11
11Giveaways15
9Takeaways16

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestRichardson – Kempe – Hinostroza10:06

    xG 0.38–0.21 (64%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Weal – Fischer – Garland5:22

    xG 0.15–0.13 (54%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Weal – Galchenyuk – Fischer3:08

    xG 0.09–0.18 (33%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Cousins – Garland – Keller4:20

    xG 0.06–0.21 (22%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Oesterle – Lyubushkin11:42

    xG 0.43–0.53 (45%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson2:14

    xG 0.01–0.17 (6%)attempts 1–4goals 0–1

  3. Hjalmarsson – Ekman-Larsson10:43

    xG 0.59–0.78 (43%)attempts 13–11goals 0–2

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Monahan – Tkachuk10:00

    xG 0.91–0.32 (74%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Jankowski – Bennett – Czarnik6:57

    xG 0.28–0.02 (92%)attempts 8–4goals 1–1

  3. Hathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan8:07

    xG 0.50–0.29 (63%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Lindholm7:44

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Andersson13:58

    xG 1.23–0.51 (71%)attempts 23–14goals 3–1

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin17:33

    xG 0.73–0.43 (63%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  3. Prout – Kylington13:27

    xG 0.42–0.43 (49%)attempts 8–15goals 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.

CGY 4.3 xGARI 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 56/100 · #547 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 86% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

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

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