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Mon, Mar 29, 2021·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Winnipeg Jets 5, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 73% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG21121216529
CGY11201305130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:24CGYElias LindholmPPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:19WPGNate ThompsonAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Trevor Lewis · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:13WPGMark ScheifeleGWGAssists: Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers · Slap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:31WPGMark ScheifeleAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor · Slap, 0.40 xG3–1
  5. P2 14:31WPGAndrew CoppAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele · Tip-in, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P3 1:04WPGPierre-Luc DuboisAssists: Blake Wheeler, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.07 xG5–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:33WPGAndrew Copp: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:52CGYNoah Hanifin: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 9:42WPGNeal Pionk: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:14WPGMathieu Perreault: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 18:49WPGDylan DeMelo: Interference2 min
  6. P3 10:31CGYMatthew Tkachuk: High sticking2 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 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCGY
29Shots on goal30
2.1Expected goals3.4
45Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
18Hits23
8Blocked shots11
10Giveaways13
6Takeaways10

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. bestWheeler – Stastny – Dubois10:25

    xG 0.48–0.20 (71%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Lowry – Copp – Appleton10:02

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Ehlers – Connor11:47

    xG 0.89–0.92 (49%)attempts 12–14goals 2–0

  4. Thompson – Lewis – Perreault7:10

    xG 0.15–0.21 (41%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Stanley13:43

    xG 0.59–0.39 (60%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

  2. Forbort – Pionk12:45

    xG 0.22–0.38 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Poolman – Morrissey16:47

    xG 0.33–0.86 (28%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Ritchie – Monahan10:17

    xG 0.72–0.10 (87%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Leivo – Ryan7:49

    xG 0.23–0.08 (73%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Lindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk7:50

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  4. Leivo – Lindholm – Tkachuk2:36

    xG 0.02–0.01 (60%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson2:31

    xG 0.18–0.06 (74%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Hanifin13:01

    xG 0.17–0.22 (43%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

  3. Giordano – Stone2:28

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

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 3.4 xGWPG 2.1 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 29/100 · #590 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 73% 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).