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Fri, Mar 29, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Anaheim Ducks 1, Calgary Flames 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 77% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA1100903122
CGY18218311637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:09ANAAndy WelinskiUnassisted · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:32CGYMark GiordanoAssists: Sean Monahan · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:37CGYSean MonahanGWGAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:07CGYJames NealPPAssists: Sean Monahan, Austin Czarnik · Deflected, 0.32 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:07CGYDerek RyanAssists: TJ Brodie · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–4
  6. P3 14:37CGYGarnet HathawayAssists: Travis Hamonic, Derek Ryan · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–5
  7. P3 19:14CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Noah Hanifin · Slap, 0.08 xG1–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 13:13ANAKiefer Sherwood: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:11CGYTravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 9:27ANAMax Jones: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 15:28ANADaniel Sprong: Hooking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACGY
22Shots on goal37
1.8Expected goals3.4
42Shot attempts66
19Faceoffs won24
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
18Hits14
18Blocked shots12
28Giveaways33
28Takeaways28

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestPerry – Henrique – Sprong6:50

    xG 0.48–0.30 (61%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Terry – Steel – Sherwood4:58

    xG 0.11–0.03 (79%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Grant – Rowney – Jones8:42

    xG 0.08–0.03 (70%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Henrique – Jones3:58

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fowler – Welinski16:14

    xG 0.68–0.86 (44%)attempts 12–14goals 1–2

  2. Holzer – Megna14:23

    xG 0.23–0.53 (30%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Lindholm – Larsson17:27

    xG 0.55–1.00 (36%)attempts 15–27goals 0–2

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk10:37

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Hathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan12:15

    xG 0.72–0.39 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  3. Neal – Jankowski – Czarnik9:14

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan12:14

    xG 0.65–0.51 (56%)attempts 12–15goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Andersson14:09

    xG 0.87–0.45 (66%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  2. Brodie – Prout15:28

    xG 0.49–0.09 (84%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. Hamonic – Hanifin19:36

    xG 0.73–0.62 (54%)attempts 20–13goals 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 3.4 xGANA 1.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 29/100 · #864 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 77% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).