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Sat, Apr 9, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Calgary Flames 4, Seattle Kraken 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 82% of the time.

SEA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY21019110429
SEA1809011128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:55CGYBlake ColemanAssists: Noah Hanifin, Rasmus Andersson · Slap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:00SEAKarson KuhlmanAssists: Morgan Geekie, Jared McCann · Slap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:43CGYTrevor LewisGWGAssists: Noah Hanifin, Dillon Dube · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:39CGYMichael StonePPAssists: Noah Hanifin, Andrew Mangiapane · Slap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:33CGYTyler ToffoliENAssists: Dillon Dube, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.76 xG4–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 6:39SEACarson Soucy: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 12:42CGYMichael Stone: Holding2 min
  3. P2 13:49CGYTyler Toffoli: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:38CGYRasmus Andersson: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:47SEACarson Soucy: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 6:31SEAVince Dunn: Interference2 min
  7. P3 10:27SEAWill Borgen: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:59CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 17:06CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Delaying game puck over glass2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SEA
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gourde won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSEA
29Shots on goal28
4.4Expected goals2.2
53Shot attempts54
26Faceoffs won28
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
26Hits17
18Blocked shots10
8Giveaways7
4Takeaways6

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 – Coleman – Dube6:03

    xG 0.54–0.17 (77%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Backlund – Toffoli – Mangiapane8:21

    xG 0.46–0.11 (80%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Ritchie – Carpenter5:54

    xG 0.36–0.15 (70%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk10:31

    xG 0.15–0.44 (26%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson11:17

    xG 0.73–0.48 (60%)attempts 8–12goals 1–1

  2. Stone – Zadorov12:31

    xG 0.77–0.68 (53%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Mackey12:12

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSheahan – Donskoi – Sprong6:19

    xG 0.33–0.06 (84%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Rask – Gourde – Lind9:15

    xG 0.16–0.18 (47%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. McCann – Geekie – Kuhlman7:27

    xG 0.29–0.53 (35%)attempts 7–9goals 1–0

  4. Eberle – Wennberg – Donato9:03

    xG 0.07–0.48 (13%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Soucy – Fleury11:06

    xG 0.20–0.41 (33%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn13:45

    xG 0.36–0.59 (38%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Oleksiak – Borgen9:36

    xG 0.23–0.60 (28%)attempts 10–11goals 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.

SEA 2.2 xGCGY 4.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEACGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #1020 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 82% of the time.

SEA winsCGY wins

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

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