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Fri, Mar 6, 2020·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Arizona Coyotes 2, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1812105234
CGY21511207334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:11ARITaylor HallAssists: Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:54CGYJohnny GaudreauPPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 6:35CGYTJ BrodieAssists: Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:17CGYMikael BacklundGWGAssists: Andrew Mangiapane, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 10:57ARICarl SoderbergAssists: Taylor Hall, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:29ARIIlya Lyubushkin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 8:23CGYErik Gustafsson: Holding2 min
  3. P2 15:18ARIAlex Goligoski: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  4. P2 18:36CGYNoah Hanifin: Holding2 min
  5. P2 18:40ARINick Schmaltz: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 10:40CGYMark Jankowski: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 13:23ARINiklas Hjalmarsson: Interference2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICGY
34Shots on goal34
3.0Expected goals3.2
62Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits20
9Blocked shots10
9Giveaways27
21Takeaways16

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestHall – Dvorak – Keller12:24

    xG 0.51–0.40 (56%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

  2. Stepan – Hinostroza – Crouse5:25

    xG 0.08–0.01 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Stepan – Crouse – Garland2:54

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Kessel – Garland – Hayton2:25

    xG 0.03–0.06 (30%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Lyubushkin13:52

    xG 0.97–0.56 (63%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Hjalmarsson15:51

    xG 0.54–0.42 (56%)attempts 21–9goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson2:08

    xG 0.05–0.11 (28%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan12:15

    xG 0.60–0.23 (72%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Rieder – Jankowski – Bennett8:45

    xG 0.38–0.29 (57%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Ryan – Dube7:35

    xG 0.31–0.31 (50%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk11:57

    xG 0.51–1.42 (26%)attempts 14–18goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie16:07

    xG 0.67–0.42 (61%)attempts 20–12goals 2–1

  2. Hanifin – Andersson16:42

    xG 0.59–0.46 (56%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Gustafsson12:53

    xG 0.45–0.79 (36%)attempts 10–18goals 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 3.2 xGARI 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 36/100 · #716 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CGY 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, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

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

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