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Sat, Oct 3, 2026·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Calgary Flames 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 74% of the time.

VAN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1110805124
VAN0509412426

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:51CGYMatt CoronatoPPAssists: Zayne Parekh, Joel Farabee · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:28VANLiam OhgrenAssists: Paul Cotter, Tom Willander · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:04VANElias PetterssonGWGAssists: Liam Ohgren, Tom Willander · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:33VANDrew O'ConnorAssists: Linus Karlsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:16VANAatu RätyENAssists: Linus Karlsson, Elias Pettersson · Wrist, 0.71 xG1–4
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 2:55VANLuke Schenn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:55CGYAdam Klapka: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:40CGYJoel Farabee: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 11:56CGYKevin Bahl: Interference2 min
  5. P1 14:17VANLuke Schenn: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:16CGYKevin Bahl: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 13:16VANLuke Schenn: Misconduct10 min
  8. P2 13:16CGYAdam Klapka: Misconduct10 min
  9. P2 18:31CGYJake Middleton: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 4:17CGYJake Middleton: Holding2 min
  11. P3 7:58CGYZayne Parekh: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 7:58VANDrew O'Connor: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 13:40VANMarco Rossi: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 18:07CGYAdam Klapka: Misconduct10 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 20:00Frost won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYVAN
24Shots on goal26
1.9Expected goals3.2
63Shot attempts63
30Faceoffs won28
2Power plays5
37Penalty minutes21
28Hits34
22Blocked shots21
20Giveaways18
4Takeaways4

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 – Coronato – Gridin11:32

    xG 0.60–0.33 (64%)attempts 22–11goals 0–2

  2. Pospisil – Klapka – Tsyplakov6:01

    xG 0.18–0.20 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Farabee – Honzek6:29

    xG 0.27–0.30 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Strome – Sharangovich – Othmann7:55

    xG 0.19–0.41 (32%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhitecloud – Bahl11:41

    xG 0.26–0.07 (80%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Hanley – Whitecloud2:09

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Middleton – Parekh11:54

    xG 0.28–0.29 (49%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBoeser – Cotter – Ohgren9:34

    xG 0.38–0.29 (56%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Gallagher – O'Connor – Räty6:24

    xG 0.24–0.16 (60%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Bains – Lekkerimäki – Sasson6:32

    xG 0.11–0.17 (39%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  4. Pettersson – Karlsson – Rossi10:30

    xG 0.26–0.51 (34%)attempts 6–22goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHronek – Pettersson5:15

    xG 0.46–0.01 (99%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Willander – Buium2:48

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Pettersson4:27

    xG 0.05–0.09 (37%)attempts 3–5goals 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 3.2 xGCGY 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 38/100 · #27 of 52 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 74% 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).