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Sat, Mar 27, 2021·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Winnipeg Jets 2, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 67% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG072908224
CGY21607210433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:13CGYJosh LeivoAssists: Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:14CGYMark GiordanoPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:34WPGMason AppletonAssists: Andrew Copp · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:19WPGLogan StanleyAssists: Kyle Connor, Nate Thompson · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 0:49CGYAndrew MangiapaneGWGAssists: Noah Hanifin, Chris Tanev · Snap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:48CGYSam BennettAssists: Joakim Nordstrom, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 17:45WPGDylan DeMelo: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:12WPGNeal Pionk: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:03CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 13:36CGYMilan Lucic: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCGY
24Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts59
29Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
19Hits16
10Blocked shots12
10Giveaways15
10Takeaways6

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. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault5:36

    xG 0.05–0.13 (28%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Ehlers – Connor – Dubois11:29

    xG 0.28–0.40 (41%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Copp – Appleton11:30

    xG 0.39–0.53 (43%)attempts 8–14goals 1–1

  4. Wheeler – Stastny – Scheifele13:42

    xG 0.22–1.27 (15%)attempts 5–17goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. DeMelo – Stanley11:07

    xG 0.09–0.24 (27%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  2. Poolman – Morrissey16:13

    xG 0.40–0.71 (36%)attempts 9–18goals 1–1

  3. Forbort – Pionk16:45

    xG 0.66–1.29 (34%)attempts 11–19goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk10:15

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Nordstrom – Leivo – Ryan3:52

    xG 0.22–0.03 (88%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Nordstrom – Bennett4:43

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  4. Lucic – Leivo – Ryan3:10

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Nesterov10:12

    xG 1.04–0.08 (93%)attempts 18–5goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Andersson16:46

    xG 1.06–0.55 (66%)attempts 17–11goals 2–0

  3. Tanev – Hanifin17:26

    xG 0.22–0.39 (36%)attempts 9–10goals 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.

CGY 3.5 xGWPG 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 64/100 · #312 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 67% 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).