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Wed, Oct 9, 2024·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 6, Vancouver Canucks 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 51% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY151103912626
VAN415031600524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:40VANDaniel SprongPPAssists: Filip Hronek, Danton Heinen · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:48VANBrock BoeserPPAssists: Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson · Snap, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:16VANConor GarlandAssists: Nils Hoglander, Aatu Räty · Snap, 0.25 xG0–3
  4. P1 15:49CGYAnthony ManthaSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P1 17:18VANBrock BoeserAssists: J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P2 17:01CGYRasmus AnderssonAssists: Nazem Kadri, Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 2:41CGYMartin PospisilAssists: Anthony Mantha, Kevin Bahl · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 8:16CGYMacKenzie WeegarPPAssists: Connor Zary, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–4
  9. P3 10:40CGYJonathan HuberdeauAssists: Brayden Pachal, Jake Bean · Backhand, 0.07 xG5–4
  10. P3 18:23VANJ.T. MillerAssists: Quinn Hughes · Slap, 0.06 xG5–5
  11. OT 1:33CGYConnor ZaryGWGAssists: Martin Pospisil, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.37 xG6–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:01VANDanton Heinen: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 7:41CGYAdam Klapka: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:41CGYRyan Lomberg: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 7:41VANVincent Desharnais: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 7:41CGYAdam Klapka: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 7:41VANDerek Forbort: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 11:19CGYMikael Backlund: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P1 13:39CGYAnthony Mantha: Roughing2 min
  9. P1 15:17CGYMartin Pospisil: Tripping2 min
  10. P1 18:53CGYAnthony Mantha: Fighting5 min
  11. P1 18:53VANJ.T. Miller: Fighting5 min
  12. P2 4:26VANVincent Desharnais: Interference2 min
  13. P3 7:18VANKiefer Sherwood: 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
43% to win57% 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
26Shots on goal24
2.5Expected goals2.6
57Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
17Penalty minutes15
21Hits17
22Blocked shots12
9Giveaways15
3Takeaways6

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. bestBacklund – Coleman – Zary10:06

    xG 0.36–0.05 (87%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Kuzmenko – Honzek8:26

    xG 0.71–0.56 (56%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  3. Backlund – Lomberg – Klapka2:10

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

  4. Kadri – Lomberg – Klapka3:52

    xG 0.15–0.24 (39%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBean – Pachal13:27

    xG 0.29–0.18 (61%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Andersson – Bahl12:09

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 13–12goals 2–1

  3. Weegar – Miromanov14:42

    xG 0.85–0.93 (48%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestGarland – Hoglander – Räty6:10

    xG 0.48–0.12 (81%)attempts 4–7goals 1–1

  2. Blueger – Sherwood – Aman8:56

    xG 0.46–0.45 (51%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  3. Miller – Heinen – Boeser7:21

    xG 0.05–0.13 (28%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Sprong – DeBrusk – Pettersson7:59

    xG 0.30–0.54 (36%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Hughes15:00

    xG 0.94–0.46 (67%)attempts 21–13goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Soucy14:47

    xG 0.64–0.41 (61%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  3. Forbort – Desharnais10:55

    xG 0.15–0.34 (31%)attempts 6–13goals 0–2

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 2.6 xGCGY 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 100/100 · #5 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.71 · 11 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +47 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 51% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).