Anaheim Ducks at Calgary Flames
Recap
written from the game dataThe Calgary Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-4. The Flames came back from two goals down. The Ducks led 2-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Matthew Tkachuk's goal at 12:59 of the third period, which took the Flames' chances from 52% to 87%. Expected goals favored the Flames, 5.1 to 2.2; shots on goal were ANA 30, CGY 43. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Flames win a replay of these chances 79% of the time. Ryan Miller stopped 37 of 42 (.881), 0.8 goals below expected; Cam Talbot stopped 26 of 30 (.867), 1.9 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Andrew Mangiapane (3 G, 1 A), 2. Matthew Tkachuk (1 G, 1 A), 3. Mikael Backlund (1 A).
Three stars
- ★A. Mangiapane3 G, 1 A

- ★★M. Tkachuk1 G, 1 A

- ★★★M. Backlund1 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
10 goals2nd period
1-05:53
1-16:46
2-110:37
3rd period
3-13:05
3-24:46
3-35:05
3-412:59
3-514:03
3-619:03
4-619:56
Penalties
1st
- 10:33
Brendan Guhle · Trippingdrawn by Dillon Dube2 min
- 14:51
Andrew Mangiapane · Interferencedrawn by Korbinian Holzer2 min
2nd
- 12:44
Nick Ritchie · Hookingdrawn by Rasmus Andersson2 min
- 18:30
Nicolas Deslauriers · Roughingdrawn by Andrew Mangiapane2 min
3rd
- 1:00
Milan Lucic · Holdingdrawn by Max Jones2 min
- 14:26
Sam Steel · High stickingdrawn by Noah Hanifin2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Matthew Tkachuk, 3rd 12:59 — 52% → 87%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 2.24 G
- All situations
- 5 G5.1
- 1.84 G
- Even strength
- 5 G3.6
- 0.40 G
- Power play
- 0 G0.6
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.0
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 103 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 2.14 – 4.09
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 30
- Shots on goal
- 43
- 50%
- Faceoffs
- 50%
- 0/2
- Power play
- 0/4
- 8
- Penalty minutes
- 4
- 13
- Hits
- 20
- 10
- Blocked shots
- 3
- 12
- Giveaways
- 14
- 5
- Takeaways
- 9
Box score
every player line
Season series
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
