Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary FlamesDec 29, 2019

FinalSunday, Dec 29, 2019· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Calgary FlamesCGY

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	3	0	2	5		VAN	11	8	9	28
CGY	0	1	1	2		CGY	9	9	7	25

: VAN 56CGY 56
: VAN 3.77CGY 3.08
PP goals: VAN 2CGY 0
Hits: VAN 14CGY 13
Blocks: VAN 15CGY 10
PIM: VAN 10CGY 12
: VAN 68%CGY 32%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Calgary Flames 5–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Calgary Flames 5–2 at CGY. Tyler Myers (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for CGY: Frolik–Rieder–Jankowski skated 5:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tanner Pearson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:15.Pearson
Points
Tyler Myers had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:04.Myers
Points
Jake Virtanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:06.Virtanen
Points
Bo Horvat had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:40.Horvat
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:00.Tkachuk
New line
New look for CGY: Frolik–Rieder–Jankowski skated 5:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frolik Rieder Jankowski
Usage
Brock Boeser (VAN) played 15:19, −3:19 down on his 18:38 season average over 56 games.Boeser
Usage
Dillon Dube (CGY) played 7:48, −4:59 down on his 12:47 season average over 44 games.Dube

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 112 of 112 attempts · CGY 56 · VAN 56

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 32% of the game, CGY 34%.

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
	47	47
	1.98	2.23
	1.91	2.18
	8	2
	4	4
	25	25
	+0.160	−0.160
	32%	34%

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

L1Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat
9:2753% CF
L2Miller – Boeser – Pettersson
8:4855% CF
L3Beagle – Schaller – Motte
8:2225% CF
L4Roussel – Virtanen – Gaudette
6:1867% CF
D1Edler – Stecher
10:1444% CF
D2Tanev – Hughes
9:4750% CF
D3Myers – Fantenberg
9:0547% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
4:14100% CF
PP2Myers – Roussel – Pearson – Virtanen – Gaudette
2:5786% CF
PK1FBeagle – Schaller
3:17
PK2FEriksson – Motte
1:56
PK1DEdler – Tanev
3:04
PK2DMyers – Fantenberg
0:49

Current VAN line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan
11:1147% CF
L2Lindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk
9:1168% CF
L3Lucic – Ryan – Dube
6:3729% CF
L4Frolik – Rieder – Jankowski
5:4743% CF
D1Andersson – Kylington
11:3458% CF
D2Giordano – Brodie
11:0641% CF
D3Hamonic – Hanifin
9:5750% CF

PP1Giordano – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Tkachuk
4:14100% CF
PP2Lucic – Backlund – Hanifin – Andersson – Ryan
3:28100% CF
PK1FJankowski – Lindholm
3:33
PK2FRieder – Ryan
1:27
PK1DGiordano – Hamonic
3:47
PK2DBrodie – Hanifin
1:36

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:29
VANTyler MyersPP (Jake Virtanen, Adam Gaudette)wrist0.05 xG
VAN: Myers, Roussel, Pearson, Virtanen, GaudetteCGY: Backlund, Brodie, Hanifin, Ryan
VAN 1 – 0 CGY
6:40
VANTyler Myers (Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.02 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesCGY: Giordano, Brodie, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Tkachuk
VAN 2 – 0 CGY
10:52
VANJake VirtanenPP (Tyler Myers, Tanner Pearson)wrist0.07 xG
VAN: Myers, Roussel, Pearson, Virtanen, GaudetteCGY: Giordano, Hamonic, Rieder, Ryan
VAN 3 – 0 CGY

2nd period

18:36
CGYRasmus Andersson (Sean Monahan, Matthew Tkachuk)backhand0.04 xG
VAN: Myers, Horvat, Boeser, HughesCGY: Giordano, Monahan, Andersson, Tkachuk
VAN 3 – 1 CGY

3rd period

6:14
VANTanner Pearson (Bo Horvat, Loui Eriksson)wrist0.08 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Myers, Pearson, Horvat, FantenbergCGY: Frolik, Hamonic, Rieder, Jankowski, Hanifin
VAN 4 – 1 CGY
19:02
CGYNoah Hanifin (Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk)wrist0.14 xG
VAN: Beagle, Myers, Schaller, Motte, FantenbergCGY: Hamonic, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Hanifin, Tkachuk
VAN 4 – 2 CGY
19:35
VANTanner PearsonEN (Bo Horvat, Alexander Edler)backhand0.94 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Edler, Tanev, Pearson, HorvatCGY: Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson, Tkachuk
VAN 5 – 2 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
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.10	1	0	0	17:40	—	—	53	75
Tanner Pearson L	L1	2	1	3	+2	3	1.06	0	2	0	15:15	—	—	53	77
Loui Eriksson L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.20	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	53	57
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.53	0	1	0	19:16	—	—	54	56
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	16:35	—	—	50	53
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.49	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	59	71
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	1	2	15:21	—	—	25	9
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:11	—	—	26	10
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	2	12:13	—	—	25	11
Jake Virtanen R	L4	1	1	2	0	4	0.39	2	0	0	13:06	—	—	65	65
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.26	0	0	0	12:22	—	—	72	72
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:12	—	—	80	83
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	0	2	22:02	—	—	52	40
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	2	2	15:50	—	—	38	46
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	20:26	—	—	59	63
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	1	2	19:43	—	—	52	36
Tyler Myers D	D3	2	1	3	0	4	0.22	2	1	0	21:04	—	—	58	58
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	6	0	14:15	—	—	37	32

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	3.08	59:39

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	50	64
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.75	1	1	0	19:07	—	—	48	60
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	48	52
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.14	0	0	0	21:01	—	—	71	66
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.46	2	0	4	17:00	—	—	70	67
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	11:20	—	—	71	73
Derek Ryan C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	33	36
Milan Lucic L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	5	0	0	13:57	—	—	32	37
Dillon Dube C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:48	—	—	37	44
Tobias Rieder L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	0	0	10:47	—	—	47	52
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	10:39	—	—	40	39
Michael Frolik R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	2	8:29	—	—	40	50
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	0	2	2	20:47	—	—	62	73
Oliver Kylington D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	13:56	—	—	62	69
Mark Giordano D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	1	0	24:26	—	—	44	50
TJ Brodie D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	4	2	19:05	—	—	42	46
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	2	19:12	—	—	52	47
Noah Hanifin D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	19:00	—	—	48	54

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot	—	20	19	1	.950	2.13	48:57
David Rittich(start)	L	7	4	3	.571	0.70	10:52

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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.