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Sat, Mar 23, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 3, Vancouver Canucks 1

Expected result

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

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY11211019331
VAN0609113128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:44CGYMark GiordanoAssists: Derek Ryan, Garnet Hathaway · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:08CGYGarnet HathawayGWGAssists: Mark Giordano · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–0
  3. P3 0:38VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Alexander Edler, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:25CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Mark Giordano · Slap, 0.11 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 14:31VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 7:46CGYTravis Hamonic: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P2 7:46VANTyler Motte: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 19:23CGYMikael Backlund: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 19:23VANMarkus Granlund: Boarding2 min
  6. P3 0:29CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 9:19VANElias Pettersson: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 9:39CGYMark Giordano: Interference2 min
  9. P3 18:24VANAlexander Edler: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  10. P3 19:47VANJacob Markstrom: 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
31Shots on goal28
3.0Expected goals2.3
62Shot attempts51
17Faceoffs won30
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes12
15Hits24
10Blocked shots13
5Giveaways13
6Takeaways10

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 – Tkachuk11:43

    xG 0.80–0.26 (76%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Jankowski – Czarnik10:29

    xG 0.52–0.04 (93%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Hathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan8:47

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan9:52

    xG 0.25–0.78 (25%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie15:26

    xG 1.19–0.56 (68%)attempts 23–19goals 3–0

  2. Andersson – Fantenberg11:24

    xG 0.59–0.10 (86%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Hanifin17:45

    xG 0.22–0.77 (22%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Pearson – Horvat9:39

    xG 0.72–0.04 (94%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Beagle – Schaller – Motte5:31

    xG 0.09–0.31 (22%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson11:03

    xG 0.17–0.52 (25%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Granlund – Virtanen – Gaudette7:44

    xG 0.13–0.53 (20%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Biega17:11

    xG 0.88–0.79 (53%)attempts 20–17goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Stecher3:45

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Biega – Sautner2:08

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 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.

VAN 2.3 xGCGY 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #1038 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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.

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).