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Sat, Apr 8, 2023·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 2, Vancouver Canucks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 64% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY09018212040243
VAN21301204041333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:03VANCole McWardAssists: Dakota Joshua, Jack Studnicka · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:29VANElias PetterssonSHAssists: J.T. Miller · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P3 0:38CGYElias LindholmAssists: Dillon Dube, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 6:06CGYNazem KadriPPAssists: Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. VAN Andrei Kuzmenko scored
  2. 2. CGY Jonathan Huberdeau stopped
  3. 3. VAN J.T. Miller stopped
  4. 4. CGY Nazem Kadri stopped
  5. 5. VAN Elias Pettersson stopped
  6. 6. CGY Tyler Toffoli stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:59VANQuinn Hughes: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:03CGYTroy Stecher: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 9:26CGYBlake Coleman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 17:14CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 4:06VANVitali Kravtsov: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
43Shots on goal33
4.5Expected goals3.5
70Shot attempts58
24Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
31Hits25
13Blocked shots14
1Giveaways7
3Takeaways5

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 – Ritchie8:30

    xG 0.78–0.20 (80%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  2. Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube11:00

    xG 1.09–0.79 (58%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. Backlund – Huberdeau – Mangiapane8:06

    xG 0.12–0.09 (59%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Lucic – Duehr8:47

    xG 0.03–0.37 (8%)attempts 2–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin15:46

    xG 1.56–0.36 (81%)attempts 25–8goals 0–1

  2. Weegar – Andersson15:57

    xG 0.43–0.45 (49%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  3. Zadorov – Stecher12:15

    xG 0.63–0.70 (48%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestJoshua – Studnicka – Aman7:17

    xG 0.37–0.08 (82%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Garland – Pettersson – Kravtsov7:18

    xG 0.38–0.30 (56%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser12:33

    xG 0.40–0.58 (41%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  4. Di Giuseppe – Boeser – Aman2:48

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Burroughs – Bear2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Bear2:15

    xG 0.00–0.16 (1%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Myers – Hirose12:26

    xG 0.10–0.33 (23%)attempts 6–12goals 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.

VAN 3.5 xGCGY 4.5 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 65/100 · #523 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 64% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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