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Wed, Oct 30, 2024·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Calgary Flames 1, Utah Hockey Club 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 84% of the time.

UTA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01311008131
UTA2828112528

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:41UTAAlexander KerfootAssists: Michael Kesselring, Mikhail Sergachev · Snap, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:58UTABarrett HaytonGWGAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Ian Cole · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:53CGYAnthony ManthaAssists: Justin Kirkland, MacKenzie Weegar · Snap, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:10UTAMaveric LamoureuxAssists: Kevin Stenlund, Jack McBain · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:32UTAMikhail SergachevPPAssists: Dylan Guenther, Nick Schmaltz · Snap, 0.20 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:13UTAClayton KellerPPAssists: Dylan Guenther, Mikhail Sergachev · Snap, 0.12 xG1–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:37UTAMichael Kesselring: Holding2 min
  2. P1 16:01UTADylan Guenther: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 18:59CGYMartin Pospisil: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 18:59UTAMikhail Sergachev: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:37CGYAnthony Mantha: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 15:17CGYBlake Coleman: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 0:21UTADylan Guenther: Holding2 min
  8. P3 4:53CGYNazem Kadri: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 6:39CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Tripping2 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 SOG0UTA
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackUTA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Cooley
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYUTA
31Shots on goal28
1.9Expected goals4.2
51Shot attempts67
28Faceoffs won38
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
30Hits15
21Blocked shots12
20Giveaways17
4Takeaways9

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. bestHuberdeau – Sharangovich – Kuzmenko9:42

    xG 0.60–0.12 (83%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  2. Kadri – Pospisil – Zary9:02

    xG 0.07–0.20 (26%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Mantha – Kirkland – Lomberg6:41

    xG 0.02–0.29 (7%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Honzek7:07

    xG 0.05–0.52 (9%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Pachal16:01

    xG 0.32–0.12 (73%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. Andersson – Bahl14:02

    xG 0.63–0.75 (46%)attempts 18–18goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Bean11:33

    xG 0.31–0.57 (35%)attempts 9–16goals 0–2

Utah Hockey Club

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Hayton – Maccelli9:04

    xG 0.52–0.17 (76%)attempts 14–3goals 0–0

  2. Bjugstad – Kerfoot – Crouse5:08

    xG 0.25–0.12 (68%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Keller – Guenther – Cooley7:28

    xG 0.18–0.11 (62%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – Stenlund – McBain3:35

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Välimäki3:53

    xG 0.39–0.08 (84%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Sergachev – Kesselring9:36

    xG 0.43–0.17 (72%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Sergachev – Lamoureux2:42

    xG 0.41–0.43 (49%)attempts 6–4goals 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.

UTA 4.2 xGCGY 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTACGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #978 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Hockey Club win this game 84% of the time.

UTA winsCGY wins

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

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