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Fri, Apr 29, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 1, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 84% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1180807133
WPG112119112343

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:19CGYMatthew TkachukUnassisted · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:47WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Paul Stastny · Slap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:06WPGMason AppletonGWGAssists: Josh Morrissey, Zachary Sanford · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:40WPGBrenden DillonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.46 xG1–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:47WPGJosh Morrissey: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 9:41CGYMikael Backlund: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 10:23CGYTyler Toffoli: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 13:36WPGBrenden Dillon: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 7:46CGYNikita Zadorov: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 8:20CGYElias Lindholm: Hooking2 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 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
33Shots on goal43
2.8Expected goals5.3
56Shot attempts76
29Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
22Hits17
16Blocked shots11
13Giveaways18
8Takeaways12

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. bestBacklund – Toffoli – Mangiapane9:19

    xG 0.61–0.24 (72%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Jarnkrok – Coleman – Dube9:55

    xG 0.13–0.59 (18%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk11:42

    xG 0.45–1.00 (31%)attempts 10–19goals 1–1

  4. Lucic – Ritchie – Ruzicka9:08

    xG 0.10–0.71 (12%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Zadorov11:10

    xG 0.62–0.29 (68%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson13:22

    xG 0.55–0.49 (53%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Kylington3:25

    xG 0.41–0.52 (44%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Stastny – Ehlers11:02

    xG 0.95–0.13 (88%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Connor – Svechnikov – Dubois8:45

    xG 1.02–0.36 (74%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Toninato – Harkins – Barron4:49

    xG 0.42–0.03 (93%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Sanford – Appleton9:53

    xG 0.41–0.56 (43%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Schmidt15:22

    xG 1.79–0.82 (69%)attempts 28–20goals 0–1

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey14:46

    xG 1.15–0.42 (73%)attempts 20–10goals 1–0

  3. Samberg – Pionk13:15

    xG 0.19–0.65 (22%)attempts 7–13goals 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.

WPG 5.3 xGCGY 2.8 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #1088 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 84% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

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

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