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Sat, Nov 27, 2021·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Winnipeg Jets 4, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 60% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1131728428
CGY21406016236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:26CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Backhand, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:42CGYElias LindholmPPAssists: Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.30 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:26WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Blake Wheeler, Neal Pionk · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:50WPGPaul StastnyAssists: Evgeny Svechnikov, Logan Stanley · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:09WPGKyle ConnorGWGAssists: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:00WPGAndrew CoppENAssists: Pierre-Luc Dubois · Slap, 0.63 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:35WPGEvgeny Svechnikov: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:45CGYTyler Pitlick: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:25CGYMatthew Tkachuk: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 0:00WPGBrenden Dillon: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:32CGYMilan Lucic: Boarding5 min
  6. P2 15:32CGYMilan Lucic: Game misconduct10 min
  7. P2 19:27WPGNeal Pionk: Holding2 min
  8. P3 8:14WPGBrenden Dillon: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← WPG attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCGY
28Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals3.7
42Shot attempts65
25Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes19
12Hits16
18Blocked shots7
15Giveaways5
6Takeaways6

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. Stastny – Lowry – Ehlers7:50

    xG 0.18–0.13 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  2. Toninato – Harkins – Vesalainen4:34

    xG 0.12–0.12 (51%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor11:27

    xG 0.41–0.61 (40%)attempts 9–10goals 2–0

  4. Copp – Svechnikov – Dubois9:19

    xG 0.08–0.53 (14%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Stanley11:07

    xG 0.59–0.38 (61%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – Pionk14:48

    xG 0.47–0.45 (51%)attempts 11–12goals 2–1

  3. Schmidt – Morrissey14:45

    xG 0.30–1.20 (20%)attempts 8–19goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:00

    xG 0.98–0.11 (90%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk11:11

    xG 0.44–0.14 (76%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

  3. Pitlick – Monahan – Dube7:03

    xG 0.10–0.11 (47%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Richardson – Lewis – Lucic5:28

    xG 0.05–0.21 (19%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson14:10

    xG 0.99–0.38 (73%)attempts 21–8goals 1–1

  2. Gudbranson – Zadorov12:26

    xG 0.76–0.58 (57%)attempts 16–9goals 0–1

  3. Tanev – Kylington13:39

    xG 0.18–0.29 (39%)attempts 11–9goals 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 3.7 xGWPG 3.1 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 66/100 · #525 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +41 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 60% 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).