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Sun, Oct 20, 2019·Honda Center, Anaheim

Calgary Flames 2, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 73% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01111216229
ANA09110011130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:12ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Josh Manson · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:32CGYMichael StoneAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, TJ Brodie · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 8:57CGYMikael BacklundGWGAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Austin Czarnik · Snap, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 12:48CGYMark Jankowski: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:10CGYMichael Stone: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 10:17CGYElias Lindholm: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYANA
29Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals3.4
56Shot attempts67
21Faceoffs won30
0Power plays3
6Penalty minutes0
21Hits15
16Blocked shots13
13Giveaways8
9Takeaways8

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. bestRieder – Quine – Jankowski8:11

    xG 0.77–0.15 (84%)attempts 20–6goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan14:17

    xG 0.50–0.39 (56%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk2:25

    xG 0.09–0.02 (80%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Czarnik – Tkachuk11:36

    xG 0.37–0.51 (42%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamonic2:29

    xG 0.39–0.06 (87%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin18:39

    xG 0.66–0.65 (51%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson2:23

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Silfverberg – Rakell13:16

    xG 0.94–0.10 (90%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Ritchie – Terry – Steel7:16

    xG 0.22–0.12 (66%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney5:56

    xG 0.19–0.44 (30%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Kase – Comtois12:31

    xG 0.25–0.67 (27%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDel Zotto – Fowler14:57

    xG 1.00–0.59 (63%)attempts 18–16goals 0–2

  2. Holzer – Larsson15:03

    xG 0.57–0.50 (53%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  3. Manson – Lindholm18:42

    xG 0.55–0.70 (44%)attempts 14–19goals 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.

ANA 3.4 xGCGY 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #885 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 73% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

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

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