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Tue, Feb 2, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 2, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 62% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1806117231
WPG31101205328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:40WPGTrevor LewisSHAssists: Mason Appleton · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:10WPGDerek ForbortAssists: Neal Pionk, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:45CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Dillon Dube, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P1 13:32WPGNikolaj EhlersGWGAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Mark Scheifele · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 10:53CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:58WPGNeal Pionk: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 16:23WPGDerek Forbort: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 17:23CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 17:54WPGMark Scheifele: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 6:26CGYMilan Lucic: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 12:24WPGMason Appleton: 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 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
31Shots on goal28
2.9Expected goals2.3
66Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won22
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
15Hits16
10Blocked shots24
7Giveaways17
4Takeaways8

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. bestLucic – Nordstrom – Ryan5:36

    xG 0.36–0.07 (84%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Monahan – Mangiapane3:43

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Leivo – Mangiapane3:57

    xG 0.12–0.05 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube12:26

    xG 0.57–0.56 (50%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Andersson12:54

    xG 0.49–0.22 (69%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Nesterov – Välimäki14:37

    xG 1.03–0.97 (52%)attempts 16–16goals 2–1

  3. Tanev – Hanifin15:51

    xG 0.59–0.70 (46%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Copp – Ehlers13:25

    xG 0.71–0.20 (78%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Appleton8:58

    xG 0.50–0.28 (64%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Harkins – Vesalainen7:18

    xG 0.08–0.29 (22%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Stastny – Connor10:06

    xG 0.23–1.25 (15%)attempts 6–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk16:54

    xG 0.53–0.39 (58%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Stanley10:41

    xG 0.33–0.44 (42%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Beaulieu – Morrissey15:44

    xG 0.99–1.27 (44%)attempts 20–15goals 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.

WPG 2.3 xGCGY 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 32/100 · #553 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 62% 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).