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Sat, Feb 8, 2020·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 6, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 82% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY29112311632
VAN2120708227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:34VANTanner PearsonAssists: Quinn Hughes, Bo Horvat · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:20CGYDerek RyanAssists: Milan Lucic, Dillon Dube · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:08CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Mikael Backlund · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P1 18:13VANAdam GaudetteUnassisted · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 2:51CGYDillon DubeGWGAssists: Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:48CGYMilan LucicPPAssists: Mikael Backlund, Dillon Dube · Deflected, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 16:01CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm · Snap, 0.19 xG5–2
  8. P3 17:49CGYTobias RiederENAssists: Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.68 xG6–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:35CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:35VANJ.T. Miller: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:28CGYTJ Brodie: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 15:57CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Interference2 min
  5. P2 12:48CGYMikael Backlund: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 12:48VANJacob Markstrom: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 15:53CGYMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 15:53VANAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 4:48VANElias Pettersson: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 8:28CGYAndrew Mangiapane: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
32Shots on goal27
4.5Expected goals2.5
55Shot attempts65
26Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
15Penalty minutes11
16Hits18
19Blocked shots11
3Giveaways5
1Takeaways4

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 – Jankowski – Bennett7:10

    xG 0.63–0.04 (94%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk9:04

    xG 0.60–0.30 (67%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Lucic – Ryan – Dube7:45

    xG 0.22–0.17 (57%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan13:03

    xG 0.43–0.79 (35%)attempts 7–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson8:08

    xG 0.84–0.19 (82%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  2. Stone – Brodie4:40

    xG 0.55–0.16 (77%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Brodie – Hanifin4:20

    xG 0.44–0.10 (81%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestEriksson – Pearson – Horvat9:55

    xG 0.68–0.23 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  2. Sutter – Roussel – Gaudette2:47

    xG 0.16–0.00 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Boeser – Pettersson5:31

    xG 0.35–0.40 (46%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Virtanen – Pettersson2:25

    xG 0.09–0.19 (32%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Edler – Tanev2:31

    xG 0.02–0.07 (27%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Edler – Stecher15:06

    xG 0.55–0.62 (47%)attempts 18–12goals 0–1

  3. Myers – Hughes3:03

    xG 0.09–0.25 (26%)attempts 4–4goals 0–2

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 2.5 xGCGY 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 55/100 · #509 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 82% 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).