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Thu, Oct 9, 2025·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 1, Vancouver Canucks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY060715118
VAN1808410526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:53VANKiefer SherwoodAssists: Drew O'Connor · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:54VANFilip ChytilGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 8:53VANFilip ChytilAssists: Arshdeep Bains · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 11:43VANJonathan LekkerimäkiAssists: Evander Kane, Conor Garland · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–4
  5. P3 13:06CGYMorgan FrostAssists: Yegor Sharangovich, Joel Farabee · Snap, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 17:06VANBrock BoeserAssists: Elias Pettersson, Jake DeBrusk · Snap, 0.05 xG1–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 6:25VANJonathan Lekkerimäki: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 15:50CGYJake Bean: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:20CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 4:33VANElias Pettersson: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 11:01CGYBrayden Pachal: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 17:52VANDrew O'Connor: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P3 0:35VANFilip Chytil: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 5:17CGYMatt Coronato: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 9:24VANKiefer Sherwood: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 9:24CGYMacKenzie Weegar: 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
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
18Shots on goal26
2.2Expected goals2.0
55Shot attempts46
31Faceoffs won24
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
35Hits27
7Blocked shots18
16Giveaways17
3Takeaways5

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. bestKadri – Coronato – Gridin7:13

    xG 0.31–0.18 (64%)attempts 8–6goals 0–2

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Zary7:14

    xG 0.23–0.10 (71%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

  3. Frost – Farabee – Sharangovich7:47

    xG 0.15–0.04 (79%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  4. Kirkland – Lomberg – Klapka5:47

    xG 0.11–0.13 (45%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBean – Pachal6:44

    xG 0.15–0.10 (61%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Andersson – Bean2:53

    xG 0.18–0.14 (55%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Hanley – Pachal3:09

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

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoeser – DeBrusk – Pettersson5:33

    xG 0.43–0.13 (77%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Garland – Chytil – Bains7:17

    xG 0.15–0.20 (42%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Sherwood – O'Connor – Räty7:50

    xG 0.11–0.17 (39%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Lekkerimäki – Cootes2:58

    xG 0.00–0.08 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Forbort – Pettersson9:49

    xG 0.11–0.08 (60%)attempts 4–5goals 1–1

  2. Hughes – Pettersson2:09

    xG 0.28–0.25 (53%)attempts 3–6goals 1–0

  3. Hronek – Hughes12:42

    xG 0.57–0.56 (50%)attempts 12–14goals 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 2.0 xGCGY 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 16/100 · #1151 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (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, Calgary Flames win this game 54% 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).