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Sat, Oct 5, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Vancouver Canucks 0, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 66% of the time.

CGY winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN01105018034
CGY11011416330

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:50CGYElias LindholmGWGAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 1:10CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Giordano · Snap, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:59CGYJohnny GaudreauENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.64 xG0–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:33CGYElias Lindholm: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 9:53VANTroy Stecher: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 4:46VANJosh Leivo: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:31VANJake Virtanen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 9:33CGYTJ Brodie: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:44CGYMilan Lucic: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 18:39VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min
  8. P2 18:39CGYTravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:49VANJake Virtanen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P3 1:10CGYMilan Lucic: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 2:10CGYElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 5:45CGYTravis Hamonic: Holding2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← VAN attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCGY
34Shots on goal30
2.2Expected goals3.1
69Shot attempts50
34Faceoffs won30
6Power plays4
10Penalty minutes14
7Hits13
6Blocked shots19
14Giveaways19
5Takeaways6

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestFerland – Boeser – Pettersson6:50

    xG 0.27–0.05 (83%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Sutter – Leivo – Gaudette2:07

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Virtanen – Gaudette3:21

    xG 0.08–0.11 (41%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Pearson – Horvat7:33

    xG 0.37–0.57 (39%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Benn – Stecher7:36

    xG 0.09–0.05 (62%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Hughes3:40

    xG 0.03–0.02 (62%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Hughes10:59

    xG 0.34–0.49 (41%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan11:14

    xG 0.90–0.45 (67%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  2. Backlund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk4:36

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Rieder – Jankowski – Mangiapane2:41

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Bennett – Ryan6:56

    xG 0.23–0.17 (57%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndersson – Kylington10:05

    xG 0.65–0.16 (80%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin15:22

    xG 0.32–0.44 (43%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie12:02

    xG 0.39–0.52 (43%)attempts 13–14goals 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.

CGY 3.1 xGVAN 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 6/100 · #1034 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 66% of the time.

CGY winsVAN wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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