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Sun, Nov 23, 2025·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 5, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY2721113521
VAN11306112231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:05VANFilip HronekAssists: Jake DeBrusk · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:33CGYMorgan FrostAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Matt Coronato · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 8:08CGYConnor ZaryAssists: Mikael Backlund, Blake Coleman · Snap, 0.27 xG2–1
  4. P2 10:37CGYKevin BahlGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:31CGYYegor SharangovichAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Nazem Kadri · Bat, 0.10 xG4–1
  6. P3 7:59CGYBlake ColemanSHAssists: Mikael Backlund · Tip-in, 0.07 xG5–1
  7. P3 8:16VANQuinn HughesPPAssists: Kevin Lankinen · Backhand, 0.11 xG5–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:19CGYKevin Bahl: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 10:18VANDrew O'Connor: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 16:44CGYAdam Klapka: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:10VANTyler Myers: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:37VANEvander Kane: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 16:45VANElias Pettersson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 7:41CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 17:49CGYBlake Coleman: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Räty won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
21Shots on goal31
3.6Expected goals2.9
47Shot attempts67
27Faceoffs won26
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
15Hits17
15Blocked shots11
18Giveaways20
3Takeaways4

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 – Zary8:23

    xG 0.61–0.10 (86%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Kadri – Farabee – Sharangovich8:49

    xG 0.43–0.23 (65%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  3. Huberdeau – Frost – Coronato9:10

    xG 0.29–0.41 (41%)attempts 4–12goals 1–1

  4. Lomberg – Beecher – Klapka4:14

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndersson – Bahl15:00

    xG 1.02–0.86 (54%)attempts 12–22goals 4–1

  2. Hanley – Pachal10:31

    xG 0.35–0.28 (56%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Kuznetsov13:47

    xG 0.30–0.57 (35%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoeser – Garland – Kampf8:09

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. MacEachern – Karlsson – Sasson5:40

    xG 0.41–0.20 (67%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  3. Kane – DeBrusk – Pettersson6:39

    xG 0.37–0.26 (59%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  4. Kane – Sherwood – Räty2:45

    xG 0.04–0.02 (64%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPettersson – Hronek9:46

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 10–1goals 1–0

  2. Hughes – Willander5:40

    xG 0.42–0.21 (66%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Hronek – Hughes5:00

    xG 0.18–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

VAN 2.9 xGCGY 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 43/100 · #798 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 63% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

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

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