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Thu, Jan 30, 2025·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Anaheim Ducks 1, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 59% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA11007014131
CGY08212210430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:54ANAFrank VatranoSHAssists: Jackson LaCombe · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:15CGYAdam KlapkaAssists: Martin Pospisil, Jake Bean · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:16CGYBlake ColemanGWGAssists: Matt Coronato · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:10CGYMatt CoronatoAssists: Blake Coleman · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:37CGYMatt CoronatoENAssists: Joel Hanley · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 0:32CGYMartin Pospisil: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:20ANACutter Gauthier: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 11:33CGYNazem Kadri: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 11:33ANAJacob Trouba: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 11:33CGYNazem Kadri: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 15:25CGYBrayden Pachal: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:31ANAAlex Killorn: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 19:31CGYRasmus Andersson: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 19:35CGYRyan Lomberg: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 19:35ANABrian Dumoulin: Interference2 min
  11. P3 19:58CGYBrayden Pachal: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 0:00ANAJansen Harkins: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← ANA attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sharangovich won the faceoff against McTavish
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACGY
31Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals2.8
74Shot attempts60
24Faceoffs won36
4Power plays1
13Penalty minutes17
20Hits25
17Blocked shots25
10Giveaways13
3Takeaways3

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Zegras – Carlsson10:23

    xG 0.30–0.14 (69%)attempts 16–4goals 0–1

  2. Harkins – Lundeström – Leason9:46

    xG 0.43–0.46 (48%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Strome – Vatrano – Terry10:01

    xG 0.24–0.38 (39%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  4. Fabbri – McTavish – Gauthier10:09

    xG 0.24–0.75 (25%)attempts 6–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Mintyukov12:15

    xG 0.54–0.46 (54%)attempts 20–8goals 0–1

  2. Gudas – LaCombe15:11

    xG 0.22–0.56 (28%)attempts 12–18goals 0–0

  3. Dumoulin – Helleson13:54

    xG 0.20–0.88 (19%)attempts 10–22goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Huberdeau – Pospisil7:21

    xG 0.50–0.05 (91%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Coronato8:08

    xG 0.62–0.22 (74%)attempts 12–9goals 2–0

  3. Pospisil – Sharangovich – Klapka3:20

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  4. Bishop – Lomberg – Rooney3:09

    xG 0.14–0.08 (65%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Bean16:10

    xG 0.89–0.10 (90%)attempts 16–10goals 2–0

  2. Hanley – Andersson13:16

    xG 0.80–0.49 (62%)attempts 21–17goals 1–0

  3. Barrie – Pachal14:34

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 11–16goals 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.

CGY 2.8 xGANA 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 33/100 · #875 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.12 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 59% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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