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Thu, Feb 4, 2021·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 1, Winnipeg Jets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 54% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1110706124
WPG01031116427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:04CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Juuso Välimäki · Deflected, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:31WPGMason AppletonAssists: Adam Lowry, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:59WPGKyle ConnorGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:09WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Neal Pionk, Mathieu Perreault · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:38WPGMason AppletonENAssists: Mathieu Perreault · Backhand, 0.71 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:09WPGBlake Wheeler: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:17WPGKyle Connor: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 4:22CGYNikita Nesterov: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 5:29WPGPaul Stastny: Holding2 min
  5. P2 8:30CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Interference2 min
  6. P3 12:41WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 13:46CGYElias Lindholm: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
24Shots on goal27
2.6Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts46
19Faceoffs won25
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
15Hits18
8Blocked shots13
20Giveaways16
3Takeaways5

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 – Mangiapane7:55

    xG 0.66–0.12 (85%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Nordstrom – Gaudreau – Monahan2:49

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Monahan – Simon7:31

    xG 0.02–0.47 (4%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube11:09

    xG 0.13–0.63 (17%)attempts 6–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Tanev2:25

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Nesterov – Välimäki13:55

    xG 0.52–0.43 (55%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Tanev – Hanifin13:44

    xG 0.45–0.45 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 0–2

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Stastny – Connor11:29

    xG 0.60–0.54 (53%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

  2. Lewis – Vesalainen – Gustafsson4:19

    xG 0.09–0.06 (58%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Perreault – Lowry – Appleton9:31

    xG 0.19–0.21 (48%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  4. Scheifele – Copp – Ehlers12:48

    xG 0.40–0.54 (42%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestForbort – Pionk14:51

    xG 0.67–0.33 (67%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Beaulieu – Morrissey14:55

    xG 0.51–0.51 (50%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

  3. DeMelo – Stanley10:30

    xG 0.25–0.36 (41%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

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.

WPG 2.9 xGCGY 2.6 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 34/100 · #545 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.14 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 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, Winnipeg Jets win this game 54% 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).