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Mon, Dec 5, 2022·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Arizona Coyotes 2, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 62% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI071617220
CGY2801514327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:13CGYDillon DubeAssists: Chris Tanev, Nazem Kadri · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:01CGYElias LindholmPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:53ARIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Matias Maccelli, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:50ARIJakob ChychrunAssists: Clayton Keller, Shayne Gostisbehere · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:42CGYNazem KadriPPGWGAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Jonathan Huberdeau · Snap, 0.12 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:34CGYNoah Hanifin: Interference2 min
  2. P1 4:43CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:55ARIJack McBain: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 15:00ARIJakob Chychrun: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 19:22ARINick Schmaltz: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
49% to win51% to win
← ARI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICGY
20Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals3.0
39Shot attempts51
27Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
13Hits24
16Blocked shots9
13Giveaways16
4Takeaways7

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. bestBjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli13:25

    xG 0.49–0.22 (69%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. O'Brien – Hayton – Guenther2:37

    xG 0.24–0.08 (76%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Keller – Hayton – Guenther4:26

    xG 0.23–0.13 (63%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  4. O'Brien – Fischer – McBain8:04

    xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brown – Moser8:22

    xG 0.15–0.13 (53%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Välimäki – Moser5:41

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Stecher12:15

    xG 0.17–0.25 (41%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Coleman – Ruzicka11:51

    xG 0.23–0.12 (65%)attempts 10–4goals 0–1

  2. Kadri – Mangiapane – Dube12:29

    xG 0.88–0.83 (51%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Lewis – Lucic – Rooney7:42

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Huberdeau – Lindholm11:49

    xG 0.19–0.36 (34%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson16:36

    xG 0.75–0.55 (58%)attempts 9–16goals 0–1

  2. Tanev – Weegar15:45

    xG 0.44–0.48 (48%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  3. Stone – Zadorov10:45

    xG 0.17–0.26 (40%)attempts 9–4goals 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 3.0 xGARI 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 64/100 · #525 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 62% of the time.

CGY winsARI wins

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

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