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Sat, Apr 4, 2026·Honda Center, Anaheim

Calgary Flames 5, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 61% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY163915520
ANA116010213339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:11ANABeckett SenneckeAssists: Jackson LaCombe, Jacob Trouba · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:24CGYJoel FarabeeAssists: Matvei Gridin, Kevin Bahl · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:20CGYRyan StromeAssists: Martin Pospisil, Victor Olofsson · Snap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 7:49CGYMatvei GridinAssists: Joel Farabee, Hunter Brzustewicz · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P2 18:44CGYMorgan FrostGWGAssists: Olli Maatta, Blake Coleman · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–1
  6. P3 7:49ANALeo CarlssonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:51ANAMason McTavishPPAssists: Alex Killorn · Snap, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 18:49CGYMorgan FrostENAssists: Matt Coronato · Wrist, 0.81 xG5–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 11:40ANABeckett Sennecke: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 16:27CGYZach Whitecloud: Slashing2 min
  3. P3 8:54CGYMorgan Frost: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P3 14:54CGYBlake Coleman: Hooking2 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 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Carlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYANA
20Shots on goal39
4.2Expected goals3.5
49Shot attempts81
25Faceoffs won20
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
27Hits21
16Blocked shots13
20Giveaways14
3Takeaways6

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. bestFrost – Farabee – Gridin9:52

    xG 0.89–0.38 (70%)attempts 14–13goals 2–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Coronato10:03

    xG 0.47–0.36 (57%)attempts 10–12goals 0–1

  3. Sharangovich – Zary – Klapka7:33

    xG 0.11–0.33 (25%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Olofsson – Pospisil9:49

    xG 0.36–0.77 (32%)attempts 8–17goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKuznetsov – Parekh10:31

    xG 0.66–0.39 (63%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Whitecloud – Kuznetsov2:25

    xG 0.17–0.11 (62%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Maatta – Parekh2:16

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKillorn – Carlsson – Sennecke9:01

    xG 0.64–0.18 (78%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Granlund – Terry9:59

    xG 0.71–0.43 (62%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  3. Granlund – Carlsson – Sennecke4:34

    xG 0.24–0.06 (81%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  4. Killorn – Viel – McTavish2:49

    xG 0.08–0.01 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – LaCombe12:31

    xG 1.07–0.56 (66%)attempts 23–10goals 1–3

  2. Carlson – Hinds14:43

    xG 0.59–0.28 (68%)attempts 27–7goals 0–0

  3. Helleson – Zellweger6:59

    xG 0.67–0.59 (53%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

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 3.5 xGCGY 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 77/100 · #361 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.36 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ANA 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 61% of the time.

ANA winsCGY wins

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

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