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Tue, Feb 9, 2021·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Winnipeg Jets 2, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 81% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0102908227
CGY01127111329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:23WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Neal Pionk, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:31CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Mikael Backlund, Milan Lucic · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:34CGYByron FroeseAssists: Juuso Välimäki, Josh Leivo · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:45WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Mark Scheifele, Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:18CGYElias LindholmPPGWGAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:53WPGDerek Forbort: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:31CGYByron Froese: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:47CGYSean Monahan: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 17:25WPGNathan Beaulieu: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← WPG attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCGY
27Shots on goal29
1.0Expected goals2.7
40Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
15Hits17
12Blocked shots10
12Giveaways18
4Takeaways9

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. Lewis – Perreault – Lowry5:31

    xG 0.04–0.10 (29%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  2. Perreault – Lowry – Appleton2:43

    xG 0.06–0.13 (32%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Connor – Dubois2:51

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  4. Connor – Appleton – Dubois8:21

    xG 0.12–0.36 (25%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Stanley8:42

    xG 0.19–0.10 (66%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Forbort – Pionk18:27

    xG 0.27–0.57 (33%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Beaulieu – Morrissey18:40

    xG 0.25–0.69 (26%)attempts 11–20goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Backlund – Mangiapane11:54

    xG 1.01–0.08 (93%)attempts 16–4goals 1–0

  2. Gaudreau – Monahan – Bennett14:13

    xG 0.39–0.17 (70%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube12:56

    xG 0.34–0.17 (67%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Froese – Nordstrom – Leivo5:56

    xG 0.10–0.02 (81%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Andersson15:54

    xG 0.86–0.15 (85%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Hanifin17:18

    xG 0.54–0.21 (72%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Nesterov – Välimäki15:40

    xG 0.49–0.20 (70%)attempts 16–10goals 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.

CGY 2.7 xGWPG 1.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #446 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 81% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

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

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