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Sat, Mar 23, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 2, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 57% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0611018224
VAN1611228426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:48VANNils HoglanderAssists: Elias Pettersson, Conor Garland · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:16VANNils HoglanderAssists: Elias Pettersson, Conor Garland · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:31CGYRasmus AnderssonAssists: A.J. Greer, Kevin Rooney · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:42VANJ.T. MillerPPGWGAssists: Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes · Slap, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:50VANElias LindholmENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.47 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:41CGYJoel HanleyAssists: Brayden Pachal, A.J. Greer · Slap, 0.01 xG2–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 9:21VANVasily Podkolzin: Slashing2 min
  2. P3 3:06VANJ.T. Miller: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 10:30CGYConnor Zary: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 16:34CGYOliver Kylington: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 19:49CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
24Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals2.9
64Shot attempts56
22Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
23Hits29
10Blocked shots21
5Giveaways4
1Takeaways4

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. bestHunt – Greer – Rooney7:52

    xG 0.70–0.13 (85%)attempts 11–2goals 2–0

  2. Huberdeau – Sharangovich – Kuzmenko10:26

    xG 0.34–0.20 (62%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane12:29

    xG 0.47–0.60 (44%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

  4. Kadri – Pospisil – Zary13:09

    xG 0.38–0.93 (29%)attempts 13–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Miromanov19:08

    xG 1.05–0.47 (69%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

  2. Hanley – Pachal10:50

    xG 0.33–0.01 (97%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  3. Andersson – Kylington16:23

    xG 0.69–1.30 (35%)attempts 17–29goals 0–2

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestGarland – Pettersson – Hoglander11:36

    xG 0.95–0.36 (73%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

  2. Blueger – Podkolzin – Aman5:14

    xG 0.20–0.16 (56%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Boeser – Suter6:44

    xG 0.57–0.53 (52%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Lindholm – Lafferty – Mikheyev7:43

    xG 0.12–0.28 (30%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes16:23

    xG 0.99–0.48 (67%)attempts 22–12goals 2–0

  2. Myers – Soucy14:06

    xG 0.38–0.53 (42%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Zadorov – Juulsen14:22

    xG 0.29–0.67 (30%)attempts 8–20goals 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.

VAN 2.9 xGCGY 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 42/100 · #821 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 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, Vancouver Canucks win this game 57% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

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

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