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Thu, Mar 26, 2026·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Anaheim Ducks 3, Calgary Flames 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 61% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ANA081811512333
CGY010171800225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:06CGYBlake ColemanAssists: Joel Farabee, Olli Maatta · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:07ANAMikael GranlundUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 7:46CGYMatvei GridinAssists: Olli Maatta, Matt Coronato · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:27ANAMikael GranlundPPAssists: Leo Carlsson, John Carlson · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:59ANAMikael GranlundPPGWGAssists: John Carlson, Cutter Gauthier · Slap, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 1:03CGYVictor Olofsson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 4:40CGYAdam Klapka: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 15:55CGYHunter Brzustewicz: Cross checking2 min
  4. P3 4:57ANAChris Kreider: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 15:18CGYBlake Coleman: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. OT 4:03CGYZayne Parekh: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG

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
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Frost won the faceoff against Poehling
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACGY
33Shots on goal25
2.9Expected goals2.3
75Shot attempts53
33Faceoffs won31
5Power plays1
2Penalty minutes10
22Hits17
14Blocked shots21
16Giveaways24
6Takeaways7

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. bestViel – Poehling – Gauthier10:46

    xG 0.58–0.44 (57%)attempts 18–16goals 0–0

  2. Killorn – Granlund – Sennecke10:28

    xG 0.16–0.21 (42%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Kreider – Vatrano – Carlsson8:50

    xG 0.09–0.34 (22%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – LaCombe12:21

    xG 0.89–0.15 (85%)attempts 23–8goals 0–1

  2. Carlson – Zellweger2:45

    xG 0.14–0.03 (82%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Carlson – LaCombe3:09

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Olofsson – Sharangovich11:07

    xG 0.41–0.30 (57%)attempts 17–15goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Farabee12:06

    xG 0.50–0.42 (55%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Pospisil – Beecher – Klapka7:26

    xG 0.09–0.08 (53%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Frost – Coronato – Gridin12:10

    xG 0.53–0.67 (44%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Brzustewicz15:45

    xG 0.75–0.36 (68%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Hanley – Parekh12:00

    xG 0.48–0.39 (55%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Parekh2:16

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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.

CGY 2.3 xGANA 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 79/100 · #336 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 61% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

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

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