Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary FlamesDec 9, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 9, 2017· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Calgary FlamesCGY

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	1	0	2		VAN	12	7	5	24
CGY	1	0	3	4		CGY	16	8	11	35

: VAN 42CGY 64
: VAN 1.33CGY 2.65
PP goals: VAN 1CGY 0
Hits: VAN 13CGY 13
Blocks: VAN 11CGY 8
PIM: VAN 8CGY 8
: VAN 48%CGY 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Calgary Flames beat Vancouver Canucks 4–2

Calgary Flames beat Vancouver Canucks 4–2 at home. Matthew Tkachuk (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VAN's first power-play unit (Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Granlund and Boeser) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:14 together.

Points
Matthew Tkachuk had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:02.Tkachuk
Points
Garnet Hathaway had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:53.Hathaway
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Granlund and Boeser) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:14 together.Sedin Sedin Edler Granlund Boeser
New line
New look for VAN: Chaput–Gaunce–Virtanen skated 10:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Chaput Gaunce Virtanen
Usage
Sven Baertschi (VAN) played 4:55, −10:54 down on his 15:49 season average over 52 games.Baertschi
New line
New look for VAN: Vanek–Dowd–Granlund skated 5:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vanek Dowd Granlund
Usage
Michael Chaput (VAN) played 15:48, +6:46 up on his 9:02 season average over 8 games.Chaput
Usage
Michael Del Zotto (VAN) played 16:19, −4:33 down on his 20:52 season average over 81 games.Del Zotto

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · CGY 64 · VAN 42

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY pressure
VAN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 20% of the game, CGY 38%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CGY

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VAN	CGY
	36	66
	0.87	2.15
	0.86	2.08
	4	10
	5	4
	24	20
	−0.010	+0.010
	20%	38%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Chaput – Gaunce – Virtanen
10:4159% CF
L2Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson
10:2253% CF
L3Vanek – Dowd – Granlund
5:3021% CF
L4Gagner – Baertschi – Boeser
2:5444% CF
D1Edler – Tanev
17:0331% CF
D2Hutton – Stecher
13:1448% CF
D3Del Zotto – Pouliot
11:2526% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Granlund – Boeser
2:1480% CF
PP2Vanek – Eriksson – Gagner – Baertschi – Pouliot
1:320% CF
PK1FEriksson – Chaput
3:11
PK2FGranlund – Gaunce
2:22
PK1DHutton – Stecher
2:25
PK2DEdler – Tanev
2:23

Current VAN line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk
11:1774% CF
L2Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan
11:0936% CF
L3Jankowski – Hathaway – Bennett
10:3771% CF
L4Stajan – Brouwer – Lazar
5:4357% CF
D1Giordano – Hamilton
19:2169% CF
D2Hamonic – Brodie
12:1250% CF
D3Stone – Kulak
6:5447% CF

PP1Brouwer – Brodie – Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan
4:0525% CF
PP2Giordano – Frolik – Backlund – Hamilton – Tkachuk
2:200% CF
PK1FFrolik – Backlund
2:22
PK2FStajan – Brouwer
2:18
PK1DStone – Brodie
2:33
PK2DGiordano – Hamonic
2:04

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:02
VANJake Virtanen (Michael Del Zotto)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Del Zotto, Chaput, Gaunce, Pouliot, VirtanenCGY: Stajan, Brouwer, Stone, Kulak, Lazar
VAN 1 – 0 CGY
18:28
CGYTroy Brouwer (Curtis Lazar)slap0.33 xG
VAN: Gagner, Del Zotto, Baertschi, Pouliot, BoeserCGY: Stajan, Brouwer, Stone, Kulak, Lazar
VAN 1 – 1 CGY

2nd period

19:05
VANBrock BoeserPP (Markus Granlund, Daniel Sedin)tip-in0.11 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Granlund, BoeserCGY: Stajan, Brouwer, Stone, Brodie
VAN 2 – 1 CGY

3rd period

11:34
CGYMatthew Tkachuk (Garnet Hathaway, Mikael Backlund)backhand0.06 xG
VAN: Vanek, Dowd, Granlund, Hutton, StecherCGY: Backlund, Stone, Brodie, Hathaway, Tkachuk
VAN 2 – 2 CGY
18:50
CGYSam Bennett (Mark Jankowski, Garnet Hathaway)backhand0.10 xG
VAN: Vanek, Gagner, Del Zotto, Granlund, PouliotCGY: Brodie, Hamilton, Jankowski, Hathaway, Bennett
VAN 2 – 3 CGY
19:36
CGYMatthew TkachukEN (Michael Frolik, Travis Hamonic)backhand0.47 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Vanek, Edler, Pouliot, BoeserCGY: Frolik, Backlund, Hamonic, Brodie, Tkachuk
VAN 2 – 4 CGY

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brendan Gaunce C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	1	0	2	16:42	—	—	40	53
Michael Chaput C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	3	0	0	15:48	—	—	55	58
Jake Virtanen R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	55	60
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	19:17	—	—	39	50
Henrik Sedin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	18:22	—	—	36	39
Daniel Sedin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	48	57
Markus Granlund C	L3	0	1	1	-2	3	0.32	2	0	0	16:50	—	—	19	10
Thomas Vanek L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	18	1
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	8:12	—	—	18	1
Sam Gagner C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	29	19
Brock Boeser R	L4	1	0	1	-2	1	0.10	0	1	0	14:50	—	—	33	27
Sven Baertschi L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	4:55	—	—	36	19
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	2	2	25:10	—	—	33	35
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:03	—	—	29	39
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:27	—	—	46	50
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	47	43
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:59	—	—	28	19
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.01	2	1	0	16:19	—	—	25	18

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	2.17	59:33

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael Frolik R	L1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.27	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	76	85
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.15	0	2	0	19:07	—	—	75	84
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.66	2	0	0	16:02	—	—	74	82
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	53	44
Micheal Ferland L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	2	17:53	—	—	33	16
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	1	0	17:41	—	—	55	45
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	71	78
Sam Bennett C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.36	2	0	0	13:30	—	—	72	76
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.16	1	0	2	11:53	—	—	72	80
Troy Brouwer R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.33	3	0	0	13:40	—	—	50	61
Matt Stajan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:26	—	—	50	61
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	6:45	—	—	65	77
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	2	26:46	—	—	69	66
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	23:30	—	—	71	74
TJ Brodie D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.02	0	0	0	23:56	—	—	64	81
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	19:51	—	—	62	64
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	2	0	12:34	—	—	57	75
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	9:18	—	—	58	65

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Smith(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	1.33	59:51

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.