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Sat, Feb 13, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 1, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 83% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY041807119
VAN020115211346

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:27VANQuinn HughesUnassisted · Snap, 0.26 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:42CGYSam BennettAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Rasmus Andersson · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:49VANTyler MyersGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:37VANBrandon SutterENAssists: Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.56 xG1–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 19:58VANAlexander Edler: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:00CGYDillon Dube: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  3. P2 14:34VANAlexander Edler: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 17:38VANTanner Pearson: 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 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sutter won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
19Shots on goal46
2.4Expected goals4.7
42Shot attempts78
29Faceoffs won35
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
20Hits19
19Blocked shots12
7Giveaways11
5Takeaways10

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. bestGaudreau – Leivo – Monahan3:22

    xG 0.79–0.55 (59%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  2. Gaudreau – Monahan – Mangiapane2:20

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Tkachuk – Dube14:18

    xG 0.25–0.47 (35%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

  4. Froese – Nordstrom – Leivo3:19

    xG 0.00–0.24 (0%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Andersson15:26

    xG 1.21–0.80 (60%)attempts 14–21goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Hanifin18:12

    xG 0.43–1.31 (25%)attempts 9–29goals 0–0

  3. Välimäki – Mackey12:45

    xG 0.15–1.16 (11%)attempts 5–15goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Pettersson13:00

    xG 1.28–0.31 (80%)attempts 22–7goals 2–1

  2. Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander13:43

    xG 0.87–0.62 (58%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Beagle – Virtanen8:40

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  4. Sutter – Roussel – Gaudette6:52

    xG 0.64–0.68 (49%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Hughes11:43

    xG 1.03–0.36 (74%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  2. Myers – Hughes2:11

    xG 0.44–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 1–0

  3. Edler – Schmidt17:49

    xG 1.12–0.74 (60%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

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.

VAN 4.7 xGCGY 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #664 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.11 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 83% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

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

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