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Sat, Oct 10, 2026·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Anaheim Ducks 4, Calgary Flames 2

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.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA21001028428
CGY1911208229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:02ANAJackson LaCombePPAssists: Leo Carlsson, Mikael Granlund · Snap, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:03CGYMorgan FrostAssists: Matt Coronato, Simon Nemec · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:15ANAFrank VatranoAssists: Ryan Poehling, Noah Warren · Deflected, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 17:54CGYAydar SunievAssists: Matt Coronato · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:35ANARyan PoehlingSHGWGAssists: Pavel Mintyukov · Snap, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:03ANANikita NesterenkoAssists: Alex Killorn, Mikael Granlund · Poke, 0.11 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:52CGYZayne Parekh: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 1:39ANAJackson LaCombe: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 4:34ANATim Washe: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 7:21ANABeckett Sennecke: Cross checking2 min
  5. P3 13:33CGYJonathan Castagna: Holding2 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.

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 Granlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACGY
28Shots on goal29
3.5Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts70
33Faceoffs won34
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
27Hits24
23Blocked shots15
15Giveaways16
1Takeaways4

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. bestKillorn – Granlund – Nesterenko2:08

    xG 0.69–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 1–0

  2. Caulfield – Malott – Washe7:03

    xG 0.44–0.14 (75%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Killorn – Vatrano – Poehling6:29

    xG 0.36–0.29 (55%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. Colangelo – Carlsson – Sennecke9:13

    xG 0.39–0.37 (51%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHinds – Luneau15:26

    xG 0.83–0.32 (72%)attempts 20–15goals 0–0

  2. Mintyukov – Warren2:36

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 1–0

  3. LaCombe – Warren10:01

    xG 0.78–0.69 (53%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKlapka – Castagna – Tsyplakov6:28

    xG 0.30–0.04 (87%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Strome – Pospisil – Gridin7:52

    xG 0.51–0.60 (46%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  3. Frost – Coronato – Suniev8:44

    xG 0.30–0.59 (34%)attempts 6–14goals 2–0

  4. Backlund – Farabee – Sharangovich12:09

    xG 0.37–0.67 (35%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBahl – Nemec15:56

    xG 0.99–0.53 (65%)attempts 21–12goals 2–0

  2. Whitecloud – Kuznetsov14:16

    xG 0.60–0.30 (67%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

  3. Kuznetsov – Nemec2:30

    xG 0.02–0.12 (12%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

CGY 2.9 xGANA 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 48/100 · #39 of 83 this seasonSwing 1.45 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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).