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Fri, Mar 31, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 5, Vancouver Canucks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 79% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY01131511114541
VAN16360206420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:30VANConor GarlandUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:36VANElias PetterssonPPAssists: Quinn Hughes, Andrei Kuzmenko · Slap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:55CGYTyler ToffoliAssists: Andrew Mangiapane · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:00CGYBlake ColemanAssists: Mikael Backlund, Troy Stecher · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:12VANAidan McDonoughAssists: Sheldon Dries, Jack Studnicka · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–3
  6. P2 15:52CGYTroy StecherAssists: Nazem Kadri, Dillon Dube · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P2 16:06VANAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Nils Aman, Tyler Myers · Snap, 0.17 xG3–4
  8. P3 16:47CGYJonathan HuberdeauPPAssists: Noah Hanifin, MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–4
  9. OT 3:27CGYTyler ToffoliGWGAssists: Mikael Backlund, MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.24 xG5–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 9:08VANSheldon Dries: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 13:04VANAnthony Beauvillier: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P1 18:50CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:41CGYMilan Lucic: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 13:04VANTyler Myers: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  6. P2 18:31VANPhillip Di Giuseppe: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 15:38VANElias Pettersson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:14VANKyle Burroughs: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
41Shots on goal20
4.3Expected goals2.4
87Shot attempts40
30Faceoffs won36
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
30Hits33
12Blocked shots25
1Giveaways7
2Takeaways6

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 – Mangiapane10:55

    xG 0.60–0.15 (80%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Kadri – Ritchie – Dube6:01

    xG 0.35–0.07 (84%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Backlund – Coleman – Huberdeau8:01

    xG 0.41–0.40 (51%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  4. Lewis – Lucic – Duehr5:23

    xG 0.06–0.05 (56%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Zadorov15:00

    xG 0.44–0.06 (88%)attempts 18–7goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson14:11

    xG 0.86–0.54 (61%)attempts 19–9goals 1–1

  3. Gilbert – Stecher10:04

    xG 0.34–0.54 (38%)attempts 10–10goals 2–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestStudnicka – Dries – McDonough4:32

    xG 0.12–0.05 (71%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Joshua – Pettersson – Kuzmenko10:32

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Beauvillier – Garland – Aman8:25

    xG 0.18–0.46 (28%)attempts 2–13goals 1–1

  4. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser10:47

    xG 0.14–0.56 (20%)attempts 5–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Rathbone7:33

    xG 0.34–0.19 (64%)attempts 6–6goals 2–0

  2. Bear – Hughes12:36

    xG 0.41–0.57 (42%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Burroughs – Hughes4:42

    xG 0.06–0.25 (20%)attempts 1–7goals 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.

VAN 2.4 xGCGY 4.3 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #32 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.75 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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 79% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

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

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