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Tue, Jan 3, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 2, Winnipeg Jets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 61% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY014111110235
WPG0101629325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:50WPGBrenden DillonAssists: Dylan DeMelo, Mark Scheifele · Deflected, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:00CGYNikita ZadorovAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:22WPGJosh MorrisseyAssists: Kyle Connor, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:58CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Andrew Mangiapane · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:20WPGSam GagnerGWGAssists: Ville Heinola, Dylan Samberg · Tip-in, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:58CGYNazem Kadri: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 17:10WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 3:48CGYRasmus Andersson: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:21CGYMichael Stone: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 15:52WPGBrenden Dillon: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 3:11WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
  7. P3 3:11CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Holding2 min
  8. P3 17:08CGYTyler Toffoli: 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 SOG0WPG
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dubois won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
35Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals1.9
65Shot attempts58
31Faceoffs won26
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
20Hits17
17Blocked shots16
9Giveaways12
7Takeaways9

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 – Coleman – Mangiapane9:45

    xG 0.51–0.25 (67%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  2. Lewis – Ruzicka – Zohorna5:56

    xG 0.33–0.09 (78%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube9:33

    xG 0.19–0.22 (46%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  4. Lucic – Kadri – Huberdeau9:44

    xG 0.39–0.61 (39%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Zadorov6:53

    xG 0.36–0.04 (90%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Zadorov – Andersson2:40

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson14:51

    xG 0.50–0.40 (55%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Connor – Dubois4:59

    xG 0.45–0.22 (67%)attempts 8–7goals 2–0

  2. Stenlund – Jonsson-Fjallby – Barron6:50

    xG 0.11–0.03 (76%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Connor – Dubois – Reichel4:44

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Lowry – Scheifele – Kuhlman6:53

    xG 0.22–0.44 (34%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Heinola5:09

    xG 0.15–0.10 (61%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – Heinola2:58

    xG 0.10–0.04 (69%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Pionk10:46

    xG 0.50–0.50 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 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 1.9 xGCGY 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 68/100 · #488 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 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 61% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

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

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