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Sun, Mar 1, 2026·Honda Center, Anaheim

Calgary Flames 2, Anaheim Ducks 3 (SO)

Expected result

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

ANA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY11411306011234
ANA01411119022336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:41CGYJoel FarabeeAssists: Ryan Lomberg, John Beecher · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:14ANACutter GauthierAssists: Leo Carlsson · Bat, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:10CGYYegor SharangovichPPAssists: Kevin Bahl, Morgan Frost · Snap, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:41ANACutter GauthierPPAssists: Jackson LaCombe, Beckett Sennecke · Slap, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ANA Leo Carlsson scored
  2. 2. CGY Morgan Frost stopped
  3. 3. ANA Beckett Sennecke stopped
  4. 4. CGY Nazem Kadri scored
  5. 5. ANA Mason McTavish scored
  6. 6. CGY Matvei Gridin stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:10CGYJoel Farabee: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 6:26ANAJackson LaCombe: Holding2 min
  3. P1 15:08ANABeckett Sennecke: Interference2 min
  4. P2 14:25ANATim Washe: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P2 17:45CGYBrayden Pachal: Interference2 min
  6. P3 9:44CGYMikael Backlund: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  7. P3 12:32CGYKevin Bahl: Tripping2 min
  8. OT 4:35CGYMorgan Frost: Interference2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00McTavish won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYANA
34Shots on goal36
3.9Expected goals3.7
78Shot attempts78
37Faceoffs won39
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
14Hits25
22Blocked shots15
16Giveaways22
5Takeaways7

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 – Coronato10:07

    xG 0.62–0.41 (60%)attempts 14–20goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Farabee – Zary11:02

    xG 1.07–0.87 (55%)attempts 21–14goals 0–1

  3. Lomberg – Beecher – Klapka7:44

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  4. Frost – Sharangovich – Gridin8:19

    xG 0.13–0.21 (38%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanley – Pachal10:32

    xG 0.47–0.15 (75%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Whitecloud – Kuznetsov16:40

    xG 0.75–0.74 (50%)attempts 19–25goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Bahl14:55

    xG 0.85–0.98 (46%)attempts 14–19goals 1–1

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Gauthier – Carlsson12:07

    xG 0.60–0.22 (73%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Poehling – Sennecke3:56

    xG 0.24–0.31 (44%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Harkins – Poehling6:03

    xG 0.50–0.67 (43%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Viel – McTavish – Sennecke8:06

    xG 0.34–0.52 (40%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHelleson – Mintyukov4:53

    xG 0.43–0.18 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – LaCombe7:49

    xG 0.58–0.40 (59%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Zellweger8:49

    xG 0.29–0.41 (42%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

ANA 3.7 xGCGY 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #537 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.85 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 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.

ANA winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).