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Thu, Jan 14, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 3, Winnipeg Jets 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 71% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY313060700326
WPG1621401212434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:28CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Mark Giordano · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:24WPGPatrik LaineAssists: Kyle Connor, Derek Forbort · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:24CGYJohnny GaudreauPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan · Snap, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P1 16:28CGYElias LindholmAssists: Dillon Dube, Chris Tanev · Slap, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 0:34WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–2
  6. P2 15:04WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Patrik Laine, Blake Wheeler · Slap, 0.13 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:18WPGPatrik LaineGWGAssists: Neal Pionk, Kyle Connor · Snap, 0.16 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:12WPGMathieu Perreault: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:43CGYDerek Ryan: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:50WPGPatrik Laine: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:15CGYSam Bennett: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 14:31CGYElias Lindholm: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 16:24WPGMathieu Perreault: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 19:35CGYNoah Hanifin: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 19:35WPGPatrik Laine: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:35CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bennett won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
26Shots on goal34
1.8Expected goals2.9
48Shot attempts57
25Faceoffs won30
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
22Hits21
18Blocked shots14
11Giveaways11
5Takeaways8

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Backlund – Bennett – Mangiapane4:08

    xG 0.12–0.07 (62%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Mangiapane – Ryan5:42

    xG 0.14–0.13 (51%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube9:24

    xG 0.31–0.33 (48%)attempts 10–9goals 2–0

  4. Gaudreau – Leivo – Monahan12:00

    xG 0.26–0.41 (39%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Nesterov – Välimäki10:35

    xG 0.47–0.47 (50%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson2:46

    xG 0.05–0.07 (42%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Andersson13:03

    xG 0.51–0.60 (46%)attempts 12–14goals 1–2

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers13:14

    xG 0.42–0.09 (82%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault5:53

    xG 0.13–0.05 (73%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Connor – Laine11:01

    xG 0.34–0.37 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 1–1

  4. Lowry – Copp – Appleton9:48

    xG 0.16–0.32 (33%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk13:50

    xG 0.40–0.22 (64%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Beaulieu – Niku10:32

    xG 0.51–0.44 (54%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  3. Poolman – Morrissey15:08

    xG 0.33–0.31 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

WPG 2.9 xGCGY 1.8 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #158 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 71% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

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

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