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Tue, Dec 10, 2019·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Calgary Flames 5, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 68% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY21021415529
ARI015116117248

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:11CGYMichael FrolikAssists: Zac Rinaldo · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:03CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:28CGYZac RinaldoGWGAssists: Michael Frolik · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–0
  4. P2 14:18CGYSean MonahanAssists: Mikael Backlund, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–0
  5. P2 19:49ARIJakob ChychrunUnassisted · Slap, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 14:32CGYMilan LucicPPAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Noah Hanifin · Tip-in, 0.18 xG5–1
  7. P3 19:28ARIPhil KesselPPAssists: Derek Stepan, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.30 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:57ARIClayton Keller: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 18:02ARIDerek Stepan: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 18:02CGYSean Monahan: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 7:26ARIAlex Goligoski: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 13:35ARIConor Garland: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:57CGYMichael Frolik: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0ARI
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYARI
29Shots on goal48
2.1Expected goals3.2
50Shot attempts75
31Faceoffs won36
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits21
14Blocked shots10
6Giveaways9
6Takeaways2

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 – Rinaldo – Jankowski10:03

    xG 0.42–0.28 (60%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  2. Rieder – Lindholm – Mangiapane11:08

    xG 0.34–0.33 (50%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Monahan – Dube9:57

    xG 0.29–0.48 (37%)attempts 5–20goals 1–0

  4. Lucic – Gaudreau – Ryan13:27

    xG 0.42–0.70 (37%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin15:45

    xG 0.73–0.44 (63%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

  2. Stone – Brodie15:24

    xG 0.40–0.64 (39%)attempts 14–17goals 1–0

  3. Hamonic – Brodie2:44

    xG 0.01–0.41 (3%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Dvorak – Fischer9:39

    xG 0.70–0.27 (72%)attempts 15–6goals 0–1

  2. Soderberg – Kessel – Crouse13:08

    xG 0.61–0.31 (66%)attempts 16–9goals 0–2

  3. Schmaltz – Dvorak – Garland4:08

    xG 0.30–0.02 (93%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Stepan – Hinostroza – Keller10:54

    xG 0.52–0.40 (56%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Chychrun20:04

    xG 1.38–0.64 (68%)attempts 30–16goals 1–2

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Lyubushkin16:23

    xG 0.80–0.29 (73%)attempts 24–11goals 0–1

  3. Ness – Oesterle15:15

    xG 0.61–0.64 (49%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

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.

ARI 3.2 xGCGY 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #866 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 68% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

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

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