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Mon, Feb 1, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 74% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY0518212032428
WPG2806112021328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:31WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:46WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Josh Morrissey, Blake Wheeler · Slap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:07CGYChris TanevAssists: Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.00 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:54CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Juuso Välimäki, Elias Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:45CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Noah Hanifin, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.27 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:10WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Neal Pionk, Blake Wheeler · Deflected, 0.10 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Mark Scheifele stopped
  2. 2. CGY Sean Monahan scored
  3. 3. WPG Kyle Connor scored
  4. 4. CGY Matthew Tkachuk stopped
  5. 5. WPG Blake Wheeler stopped
  6. 6. CGY Josh Leivo stopped
  7. 7. WPG Mathieu Perreault stopped
  8. 8. CGY Johnny Gaudreau scored
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:46CGYNoah Hanifin: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:19CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:15WPGDylan DeMelo: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 18:05CGYDillon Dube: Elbowing2 min
  5. P3 3:54CGYDillon Dube: Holding2 min
  6. P3 8:50WPGLogan Stanley: Slashing2 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 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
28Shots on goal28
4.1Expected goals2.6
60Shot attempts51
19Faceoffs won19
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
15Hits17
13Blocked shots12
10Giveaways10
2Takeaways10

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. bestBacklund – Leivo – Bennett6:54

    xG 0.59–0.01 (98%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk2:36

    xG 0.43–0.18 (71%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  3. Lucic – Nordstrom – Ryan5:41

    xG 0.16–0.03 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Leivo – Lindholm3:10

    xG 0.19–0.06 (75%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin15:43

    xG 1.90–0.23 (89%)attempts 22–10goals 2–0

  2. Nesterov – Välimäki14:01

    xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson2:05

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Lowry – Appleton9:11

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  2. Lewis – Harkins – Vesalainen5:24

    xG 0.23–0.34 (40%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Copp – Ehlers13:44

    xG 0.44–0.69 (39%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Stastny – Connor11:00

    xG 0.21–1.07 (16%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk14:37

    xG 0.46–0.16 (74%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  2. Beaulieu – Pionk2:36

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey12:28

    xG 0.61–0.80 (43%)attempts 11–15goals 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 2.6 xGCGY 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 93/100 · #56 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.50 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 74% 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).