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Thu, Jan 11, 2024·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Calgary Flames 6, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 62% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY41401026630
ARI11211309234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:20CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Blake Coleman · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:37CGYYegor SharangovichSHAssists: Blake Coleman, MacKenzie Weegar · Backhand, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 7:56CGYRasmus AnderssonGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri, MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P1 13:44ARILawson CrouseAssists: Nick Bjugstad, Matias Maccelli · Backhand, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P1 13:58CGYBlake ColemanAssists: Chris Tanev, Noah Hanifin · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–1
  6. P2 1:44ARIClayton KellerAssists: Logan Cooley, Michael Kesselring · Slap, 0.10 xG4–2
  7. P3 0:58CGYYegor SharangovichAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Elias Lindholm · Slap, 0.11 xG5–2
  8. P3 7:06CGYYegor SharangovichPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.11 xG6–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:16CGYNazem Kadri: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 19:13ARIDylan Guenther: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:30ARISean Durzi: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:51CGYMartin Pospisil: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 8:51ARILawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 5:32ARIDylan Guenther: High sticking2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00McBain won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYARI
30Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals2.6
55Shot attempts75
30Faceoffs won21
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
19Hits28
27Blocked shots10
9Giveaways10
5Takeaways7

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. bestGreer – Dube – Ruzicka8:36

    xG 0.33–0.27 (55%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Pospisil – Zary9:38

    xG 0.48–0.48 (50%)attempts 8–13goals 0–2

  3. Huberdeau – Lindholm – Sharangovich11:06

    xG 0.48–0.61 (44%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:15

    xG 0.31–0.47 (40%)attempts 8–11goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin18:32

    xG 0.67–0.61 (52%)attempts 9–25goals 2–1

  2. Weegar – Andersson14:58

    xG 0.59–0.60 (49%)attempts 18–13goals 1–1

  3. Oesterle – DeSimone13:30

    xG 0.54–0.78 (41%)attempts 11–24goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli8:49

    xG 0.67–0.49 (58%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  2. Bjugstad – Guenther – Cooley4:18

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Schmaltz – Keller – McBain9:58

    xG 0.57–0.63 (47%)attempts 19–10goals 0–1

  4. Kerfoot – Crouse – Maccelli3:48

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStecher – Kesselring13:02

    xG 0.64–0.28 (69%)attempts 21–12goals 1–0

  2. Durzi – Moser14:33

    xG 0.87–0.59 (60%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

  3. Dumba – Dermott13:53

    xG 0.24–0.62 (28%)attempts 12–10goals 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.

ARI 2.6 xGCGY 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #694 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 62% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

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

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