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Fri, Dec 3, 2021·Honda Center, Anaheim

Calgary Flames 4, Anaheim Ducks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY012312010022436
ANA01428110020334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:54ANASonny MilanoAssists: Josh Manson, Trevor Zegras · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:49CGYBlake ColemanAssists: Sean Monahan, Trevor Lewis · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:20CGYElias LindholmAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:10CGYSean MonahanAssists: Trevor Lewis, Oliver Kylington · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:24ANARickard RakellAssists: Isac Lundeström, Hampus Lindholm · Slap, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 2:04ANAVinni LettieriPPAssists: Trevor Zegras, Jamie Drysdale · Slap, 0.07 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Trevor Zegras stopped
  2. 2. CGY Johnny Gaudreau scored
  3. 3. ANA Kevin Shattenkirk stopped
  4. 4. CGY Matthew Tkachuk scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:19CGYBlake Coleman: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:50CGYNikita Zadorov: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 6:12ANAJakob Silfverberg: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 1:23CGYErik Gudbranson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P3 10:36ANATrevor Zegras: Interference2 min
  6. P3 10:36CGYBlake Coleman: Roughing2 min
  7. OT 5:00CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Misconduct10 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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zegras won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYANA
36Shots on goal34
3.4Expected goals3.1
61Shot attempts64
26Faceoffs won32
1Power plays3
18Penalty minutes4
35Hits20
18Blocked shots11
12Giveaways7
6Takeaways7

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 – Lindholm – Tkachuk15:19

    xG 0.88–0.19 (82%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  2. Lewis – Coleman – Monahan13:35

    xG 0.93–0.92 (50%)attempts 19–13goals 2–1

  3. Richardson – Pitlick – Dube4:47

    xG 0.18–0.41 (31%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

  4. Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane13:40

    xG 0.36–0.90 (29%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson16:23

    xG 1.07–0.31 (78%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Tanev – Kylington16:47

    xG 0.68–0.34 (67%)attempts 16–17goals 2–1

  3. Gudbranson – Zadorov13:36

    xG 0.55–1.40 (28%)attempts 12–18goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestRakell – Milano – Zegras12:12

    xG 1.21–0.87 (58%)attempts 15–16goals 1–1

  2. Henrique – Terry – Steel7:10

    xG 0.46–0.20 (70%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Deslauriers – Carrick – Lettieri6:22

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Deslauriers – Terry – Steel2:00

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Benoit12:07

    xG 0.85–0.66 (56%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  2. Lindholm – Drysdale17:16

    xG 0.83–1.01 (45%)attempts 18–20goals 1–1

  3. Fowler – Manson16:55

    xG 0.61–1.01 (38%)attempts 17–15goals 1–1

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.

ANA 3.1 xGCGY 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #297 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.03 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 54% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

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

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