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Fri, Mar 25, 2022·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Arizona Coyotes 2, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 84% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI0101414218
CGY06315112433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:33CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:35CGYElias LindholmPPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:14CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Nikita Zadorov · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–3
  4. P2 19:48ARIMichael CarconeUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:21CGYRasmus AnderssonPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:07ARIVladislav KolyachonokAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Cam Dineen · Slap, 0.11 xG2–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:15CGYNoah Hanifin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 12:59CGYTrevor Lewis: Illegal check to head2 min
  3. P2 3:20ARINick Schmaltz: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:00CGYBrett Ritchie: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 10:36ARIShayne Gostisbehere: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:48ARIKyle Capobianco: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 4:02ARIPhil Kessel: Hooking2 min · PPG

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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICGY
18Shots on goal33
1.5Expected goals3.6
34Shot attempts62
29Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
14Hits15
16Blocked shots7
5Giveaways14
5Takeaways7

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBeagle – Carcone – Maccelli8:07

    xG 0.25–0.16 (60%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  2. Kessel – Boyd – Crouse6:27

    xG 0.14–0.19 (43%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Ritchie – Hayton7:17

    xG 0.12–0.44 (21%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. Galchenyuk – Schmaltz – Keller11:13

    xG 0.10–0.80 (11%)attempts 4–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Stralman – Dineen11:40

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  2. Stralman – Kolyachonok2:37

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Gostisbehere – Mayo13:19

    xG 0.33–0.78 (30%)attempts 6–20goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestJarnkrok – Coleman – Mangiapane9:18

    xG 0.53–0.12 (82%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk10:45

    xG 0.77–0.46 (63%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  3. Lewis – Lucic – Ritchie8:14

    xG 0.11–0.04 (71%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Toffoli – Dube7:30

    xG 0.08–0.07 (52%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson14:22

    xG 0.92–0.27 (77%)attempts 20–7goals 1–0

  2. Gudbranson – Zadorov14:08

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 10–8goals 1–2

  3. Tanev – Kylington15:24

    xG 0.36–0.35 (51%)attempts 12–8goals 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.

CGY 3.6 xGARI 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #826 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.76 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CGY 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 84% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

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

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