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Tue, Apr 16, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 79% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY09015116140
VAN21211019431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:00VANTyler MyersSHAssists: Teddy Blueger, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:28VANNils HoglanderGWGAssists: Elias Pettersson, Ilya Mikheyev · Snap, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P2 1:58VANDakota JoshuaAssists: Conor Garland, Tyler Myers · Snap, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:56CGYBrayden PachalAssists: Nazem Kadri, Ilya Solovyov · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 15:02VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Pius Suter · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 10:28VANDakota Joshua: Elbowing2 min
  2. P2 9:49VANIan Cole: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 9:49CGYMartin Pospisil: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 16:40VANNils Hoglander: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 16:40VANConor Garland: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 16:40CGYAdam Klapka: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 16:40CGYAdam Klapka: Misconduct10 min
  8. P2 16:40VANConor Garland: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 8:35CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 18:44CGYRasmus Andersson: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 18:44VANNils Hoglander: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 18:44CGYRasmus Andersson: Roughing2 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 20:00Pettersson won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
40Shots on goal31
2.3Expected goals4.0
67Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
20Penalty minutes20
20Hits29
10Blocked shots16
3Giveaways3
2Takeaways3

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. Huberdeau – Hunt – Zary8:14

    xG 0.33–0.56 (37%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  2. Kadri – Pospisil – Kuzmenko11:10

    xG 0.51–0.83 (38%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  3. Backlund – Sharangovich – Coronato10:37

    xG 0.17–0.58 (23%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Mangiapane – Rooney – Klapka5:04

    xG 0.01–0.52 (2%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Andersson – Kylington16:34

    xG 0.71–0.72 (50%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

  2. Kylington – Miromanov2:02

    xG 0.13–0.20 (40%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Pachal – Solovyov12:19

    xG 0.10–0.52 (16%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestPettersson – Hoglander – Mikheyev8:17

    xG 0.83–0.09 (90%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Boeser – Suter9:20

    xG 0.75–0.31 (71%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Lindholm – Joshua – Garland8:00

    xG 0.45–0.29 (61%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Blueger – Lafferty – Podkolzin9:15

    xG 0.19–0.20 (49%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes17:17

    xG 1.38–0.48 (74%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

  2. Myers – Soucy12:35

    xG 0.53–0.46 (54%)attempts 11–15goals 2–0

  3. Cole – Zadorov12:44

    xG 0.42–0.43 (49%)attempts 9–17goals 1–0

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 4.0 xGCGY 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 22/100 · #1051 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 79% 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).