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Sat, Jan 13, 2024·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Calgary Flames 3, Vegas Golden Knights 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 52% of the time.

VGK winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY2121707326
VGK0809115132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:06CGYBlake ColemanPPAssists: Mikael Backlund, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:04CGYNazem KadriGWGAssists: Connor Zary · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–0
  3. P2 17:09CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Andrew Mangiapane, Blake Coleman · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–0
  4. P3 8:54VGKChandler StephensonAssists: Mark Stone, Alec Martinez · Snap, 0.15 xG3–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:44CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:32VGKAlec Martinez: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:48VGKIvan Barbashev: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 12:18CGYMartin Pospisil: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 SOG0VGK
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackVGK attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stephenson won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVGK
26Shots on goal32
3.1Expected goals3.1
61Shot attempts81
34Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits41
23Blocked shots17
6Giveaways4
9Takeaways9

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 – Pospisil – Zary11:50

    xG 0.54–0.38 (59%)attempts 13–15goals 1–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane13:05

    xG 0.50–0.57 (47%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

  3. Huberdeau – Lindholm – Sharangovich11:10

    xG 0.40–0.47 (46%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  4. Greer – Dube – Ruzicka6:54

    xG 0.15–0.57 (21%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – DeSimone13:04

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Hanifin16:15

    xG 0.47–0.54 (47%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Andersson16:20

    xG 0.49–1.14 (30%)attempts 13–24goals 1–1

Vegas Golden Knights

Forward lines

  1. bestMarchessault – Barbashev – Roy14:08

    xG 0.88–0.25 (78%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

  2. Stone – Stephenson – Dorofeyev11:21

    xG 0.89–0.33 (73%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  3. Froese – Kolesar – Rondbjerg6:22

    xG 0.32–0.12 (73%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  4. Amadio – Howden – Cotter9:20

    xG 0.11–0.27 (29%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMartinez – Pietrangelo17:18

    xG 1.09–0.69 (61%)attempts 25–14goals 1–1

  2. Hague – Whitecloud13:34

    xG 0.45–0.17 (72%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. McNabb – Korczak15:09

    xG 0.52–0.29 (64%)attempts 20–14goals 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.

VGK 3.1 xGCGY 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VGKCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 16/100 · #1120 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VGK 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 52% of the time.

VGK winsCGY wins

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

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