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Mon, Feb 15, 2021·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 4, Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 57% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY182120611427
VAN2701011600333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:51VANTanner PearsonPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Tyler Myers · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:44VANBo HorvatPPAssists: Brock Boeser, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.34 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:35CGYMilan LucicAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Connor Mackey · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:40CGYElias LindholmAssists: Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:51CGYDillon DubeUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:29VANBrock BoeserSHAssists: Tyler Myers, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:23CGYJohnny GaudreauPPGWGAssists: Sean Monahan, Elias Lindholm · Slap, 0.16 xG4–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:51CGYDillon Dube: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:54CGYConnor Mackey: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 13:17CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P1 14:23CGYConnor Mackey: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 3:36VANNate Schmidt: Holding2 min
  6. P2 18:29VANJay Beagle: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:32CGYElias Lindholm: Elbowing2 min
  8. P3 5:49CGYConnor Mackey: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 5:49CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 5:49VANJake Virtanen: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 10:39VANTyler Myers: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 18:38VANQuinn Hughes: Tripping2 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
27Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals2.8
52Shot attempts62
23Faceoffs won36
4Power plays6
14Penalty minutes10
20Hits15
13Blocked shots16
2Giveaways3
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. bestGaudreau – Monahan – Simon12:30

    xG 0.94–0.56 (62%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk10:03

    xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Froese – Nordstrom – Robinson3:04

    xG 0.03–0.11 (19%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Bennett – Dube8:00

    xG 0.44–0.57 (44%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndersson – Mackey11:18

    xG 0.56–0.16 (78%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. Giordano – Välimäki9:56

    xG 0.93–0.83 (53%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

  3. Tanev – Hanifin14:06

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Pettersson9:22

    xG 0.44–0.20 (68%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Sutter – Roussel – Gaudette6:33

    xG 0.26–0.17 (60%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander9:33

    xG 0.24–0.19 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  4. Eriksson – Beagle – Virtanen5:35

    xG 0.32–0.39 (45%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Schmidt12:27

    xG 0.69–0.32 (69%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Juolevi9:55

    xG 0.60–0.43 (58%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Hughes2:31

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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 2.8 xGCGY 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 92/100 · #66 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.37 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 57% 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).