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Wed, Apr 5, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 3, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 58% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY07113215335
WPG19012014135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:42WPGKyle ConnorPPAssists: Nikolaj Ehlers, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:06CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Mikael Backlund · Snap, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:08CGYWalker DuehrGWGAssists: Trevor Lewis, Nikita Zadorov · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:40CGYNikita ZadorovAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Andrew Mangiapane · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:44WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 3:57WPGJosh Morrissey: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 5:52CGYNick Ritchie: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 9:07CGYMilan Lucic: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  5. P1 0:00WPGDylan DeMelo: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 6:06WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 6:06CGYChris Tanev: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 6:06CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P2 6:06CGYJacob Markstrom: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P2 6:06WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P2 8:42WPGDylan Samberg: Hooking2 min
  12. P2 11:12CGYTrevor Lewis: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 1:58WPGVladislav Namestnikov: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 7:02WPGBrenden Dillon: Tripping2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
35Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals3.1
51Shot attempts64
31Faceoffs won36
6Power plays5
14Penalty minutes16
33Hits25
13Blocked shots6
6Giveaways12
4Takeaways11

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. bestKadri – Coleman – Ritchie7:38

    xG 0.25–0.15 (64%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Lewis – Lucic – Duehr6:54

    xG 0.46–0.46 (50%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  3. Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube8:53

    xG 0.13–0.32 (29%)attempts 4–15goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Huberdeau – Mangiapane7:11

    xG 0.27–0.80 (26%)attempts 5–8goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Stecher10:56

    xG 0.69–0.55 (56%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Hanifin11:40

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Andersson11:36

    xG 0.07–1.05 (6%)attempts 3–16goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Namestnikov – Ehlers6:21

    xG 0.66–0.29 (70%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton8:06

    xG 0.37–0.14 (72%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Dubois10:36

    xG 0.52–0.35 (60%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

  4. Maenalanen – Stenlund – Barron2:37

    xG 0.00–0.27 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Pionk10:50

    xG 0.59–0.38 (61%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey14:16

    xG 0.72–0.55 (57%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Schmidt – Samberg6:13

    xG 0.20–0.21 (49%)attempts 5–4goals 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.

WPG 3.1 xGCGY 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 49/100 · #758 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.60 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 58% 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).