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Tue, Jan 4, 2022·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Calgary Flames 2, Florida Panthers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 55% of the time.

FLA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY214016019249
FLA31612128645

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:58FLAPatric HornqvistPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad · Snap, 0.39 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:03CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Oliver Kylington · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:04CGYBlake ColemanAssists: Mikael Backlund, Nikita Zadorov · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P1 13:01FLAAnthony DuclairAssists: Gustav Forsling, Brandon Montour · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P1 18:51FLAJoe ThorntonPPGWGAssists: Brandon Montour, Carter Verhaeghe · Tip-in, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:43FLARyan LombergAssists: Eetu Luostarinen, Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:47FLAPatric HornqvistUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–5
  8. P3 13:04FLALucas CarlssonAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Anton Lundell · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 4:52CGYNoah Hanifin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 17:14CGYBrett Ritchie: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P3 1:56FLAJonathan Huberdeau: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 10:40FLAAnton Lundell: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 14:02CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Holding2 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYFLA
49Shots on goal45
5.1Expected goals4.6
71Shot attempts73
30Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
29Hits39
24Blocked shots17
9Giveaways20
14Takeaways20

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. bestLewis – Backlund – Coleman5:30

    xG 0.64–0.16 (80%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Mangiapane – Dube6:37

    xG 0.26–0.13 (67%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Ritchie – Monahan – Mangiapane2:06

    xG 0.09–0.14 (40%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk14:22

    xG 1.21–1.36 (47%)attempts 20–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Zadorov16:10

    xG 2.74–0.64 (81%)attempts 29–17goals 1–1

  2. Tanev – Kylington15:57

    xG 0.87–0.86 (50%)attempts 17–19goals 1–1

  3. Hanifin – Andersson15:36

    xG 0.62–1.21 (34%)attempts 13–23goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Barkov – Mamin8:53

    xG 1.19–0.41 (75%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  2. Verhaeghe – Mamin – Lundell2:41

    xG 0.05–0.29 (15%)attempts 1–5goals 1–0

  3. Hornqvist – Lomberg – Luostarinen9:06

    xG 0.06–0.41 (12%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  4. Huberdeau – Duclair – Lundell11:03

    xG 0.78–1.18 (40%)attempts 16–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Ekblad15:13

    xG 1.45–0.86 (63%)attempts 25–15goals 0–1

  2. Montour – Forsling2:21

    xG 0.25–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 2–0

  3. Gudas – Forsling16:18

    xG 0.39–1.10 (26%)attempts 15–19goals 1–0

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.

FLA 4.6 xGCGY 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #676 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 55% of the time.

FLA winsCGY wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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