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Wed, Dec 28, 2022·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Calgary Flames 3, Seattle Kraken 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 71% of the time.

SEA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY114115115344
SEA11411106231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:22CGYTyler ToffoliAssists: Dillon Dube, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:45SEARyan DonatoAssists: Jordan Eberle, Adam Larsson · Snap, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:14SEAJamie OleksiakAssists: Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:39CGYNazem KadriPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Rasmus Andersson · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:00CGYJonathan HuberdeauGWGAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:48CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 15:55SEAYanni Gourde: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:27SEACarson Soucy: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:50SEADaniel Sprong: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 9:44SEAOliver Bjorkstrand: Slashing2 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 SOG0SEA
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Wennberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSEA
44Shots on goal31
4.6Expected goals3.1
70Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won24
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
21Hits25
14Blocked shots9
3Giveaways9
6Takeaways12

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. bestToffoli – Lindholm – Dube11:33

    xG 0.85–0.36 (70%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane9:43

    xG 0.47–0.27 (64%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Kadri – Huberdeau10:51

    xG 0.76–0.65 (54%)attempts 15–15goals 1–0

  4. Lewis – Ritchie – Ruzicka8:54

    xG 0.19–0.44 (31%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Zadorov9:55

    xG 1.00–0.39 (72%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson17:33

    xG 1.22–1.22 (50%)attempts 18–23goals 1–1

  3. Tanev – Weegar15:54

    xG 0.58–1.18 (33%)attempts 16–17goals 0–1

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – McCann – Beniers10:27

    xG 1.02–0.61 (63%)attempts 22–13goals 1–1

  2. Sprong – Tanev – Geekie6:10

    xG 0.49–0.57 (46%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  3. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Donato10:19

    xG 0.05–0.40 (12%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

  4. Schwartz – Burakovsky – Wennberg10:14

    xG 0.24–0.85 (22%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Oleksiak12:25

    xG 1.23–0.62 (66%)attempts 18–16goals 1–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn17:01

    xG 1.39–1.23 (53%)attempts 21–15goals 1–1

  3. Schultz – Dunn2:03

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 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 3.1 xGCGY 4.6 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 49/100 · #762 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 71% of the time.

SEA winsCGY wins

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

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