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Thu, Feb 24, 2022·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 1, Vancouver Canucks 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01101019130
VAN011513214738

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:42VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Brock Boeser · Slap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:18VANJ.T. MillerPPGWGAssists: Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Snap, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:50VANBo HorvatUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:42VANBo HorvatPPAssists: J.T. Miller, Brock Boeser · Snap, 0.27 xG0–4
  5. P2 19:55VANJ.T. MillerUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–5
  6. P3 4:33VANConor GarlandAssists: Tanner Pearson, J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–6
  7. P3 7:23VANElias PetterssonSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.18 xG0–7
  8. P3 17:53CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Mikael Backlund, Blake Coleman · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–7
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:24CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 2:20CGYBlake Coleman: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:47CGYSean Monahan: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 17:26CGYBlake Coleman: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 19:55CGYRasmus Andersson: Penalty shot covering puck in crease0 min
  6. P3 6:30VANTravis Hamonic: Holding2 min
  7. P3 8:33CGYDillon Dube: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 13:49CGYMilan Lucic: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 16:43CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 18:26CGYMilan Lucic: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 18:26CGYAndrew Mangiapane: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Horvat
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
30Shots on goal38
2.9Expected goals3.7
68Shot attempts63
37Faceoffs won33
1Power plays7
34Penalty minutes2
38Hits30
17Blocked shots25
7Giveaways7
7Takeaways7

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 – Tkachuk13:54

    xG 1.12–0.54 (67%)attempts 22–9goals 0–1

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane10:22

    xG 0.54–0.48 (53%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Lewis – Dube – Ruzicka6:27

    xG 0.29–0.31 (48%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Toffoli – Monahan9:34

    xG 0.24–0.47 (34%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Zadorov15:36

    xG 0.77–0.37 (67%)attempts 21–14goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson13:25

    xG 0.90–0.56 (61%)attempts 22–8goals 0–1

  3. Tanev – Kylington12:43

    xG 0.60–0.68 (47%)attempts 16–16goals 1–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Hoglander – Podkolzin8:45

    xG 0.90–0.26 (78%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Motte – Horvat – Boeser3:45

    xG 0.30–0.08 (79%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Dickinson – Horvat – Boeser4:32

    xG 0.15–0.11 (57%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Miller – Pearson – Garland9:36

    xG 0.36–0.48 (43%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Hughes13:36

    xG 1.02–0.53 (66%)attempts 15–13goals 2–0

  2. Hamonic – Hunt11:52

    xG 0.56–0.61 (48%)attempts 16–19goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Ekman-Larsson14:16

    xG 0.16–0.83 (16%)attempts 8–24goals 0–0

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.

VAN 3.7 xGCGY 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1146 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).