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Sun, Jan 26, 2025·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Calgary Flames 2, Winnipeg Jets 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0311217222
WPG192929527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:28WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, David Gustafsson · Backhand, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:17WPGMason AppletonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:08CGYMacKenzie WeegarPPAssists: Yegor Sharangovich, Jonathan Huberdeau · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:09WPGGabriel VilardiGWGAssists: Dylan Samberg, Mark Scheifele · Snap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:07WPGGabriel VilardiPPAssists: Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–4
  6. P3 4:27CGYNazem KadriAssists: Jake Bean · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:08WPGMark ScheifelePPAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Kyle Connor · Snap, 0.13 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 18:53WPGDylan DeMelo: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 13:21WPGMason Appleton: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P3 1:32CGYAndrei Kuzmenko: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  4. P3 6:31CGYMartin Pospisil: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 10:52WPGNeal Pionk: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 10:52CGYRasmus Andersson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 14:09WPGRasmus Kupari: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 17:41CGYRasmus Andersson: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 17:41WPGMorgan Barron: 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 SOG0WPG
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kupari won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYWPG
22Shots on goal27
2.0Expected goals2.6
53Shot attempts55
27Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
8Penalty minutes10
38Hits32
9Blocked shots15
16Giveaways13
3Takeaways8

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. bestPospisil – Sharangovich – Kuzmenko10:37

    xG 0.41–0.19 (69%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Coronato10:06

    xG 0.23–0.42 (35%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  3. Bishop – Lomberg – Rooney5:54

    xG 0.01–0.23 (4%)attempts 2–5goals 0–2

  4. Kadri – Huberdeau – Pelletier10:56

    xG 0.43–0.77 (36%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBean – Pachal10:29

    xG 0.63–0.22 (74%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Hanley – Andersson15:26

    xG 0.45–0.70 (39%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Miromanov12:54

    xG 0.18–0.49 (26%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestIafallo – Barron – Gustafsson7:41

    xG 0.52–0.25 (67%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Niederreiter – Appleton – Kupari11:28

    xG 0.40–0.39 (50%)attempts 9–12goals 1–1

  3. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi11:32

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  4. Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti9:43

    xG 0.23–0.25 (48%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSamberg – Pionk16:07

    xG 1.00–0.15 (87%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  2. Fleury – Stanley11:15

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey13:58

    xG 0.40–0.64 (39%)attempts 15–13goals 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.

WPG 2.6 xGCGY 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #631 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

WPG winsCGY wins

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

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