Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary FlamesFeb 17, 2021

FinalWednesday, Feb 17, 2021· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Calgary FlamesCGY

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	3	1	5		VAN	8	15	10	33
CGY	0	1	0	1		CGY	8	13	15	36

: VAN 49CGY 70
: VAN 2.55CGY 3.49
PP goals: VAN 0CGY 0
Hits: VAN 14CGY 19
Blocks: VAN 13CGY 8
PIM: VAN 4CGY 0
: VAN 65%CGY 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks rout Calgary Flames 5–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Calgary Flames 5–1 at CGY. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Brock Boeser (VAN) played 13:39, −5:46 down on his 19:25 season average over 55 games.

Points
Brock Boeser had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 13:39.Boeser
Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:59.Horvat
Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:34.Miller
Points
Nils Hoglander had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:51.Hoglander
Usage
Brock Boeser (VAN) played 13:39, −5:46 down on his 19:25 season average over 55 games.Boeser
Luck
CGY scored 1 goal on 3.49 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
VAN scored 5 goals on 2.55 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Braden Holtby (VAN) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +3 against a season average of 33.1; the win.Holtby

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 119 of 119 attempts · CGY 70 · VAN 49

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 23% of the game, CGY 36%.

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
	52	73
	2.61	3.37
	2.54	3.16
	17	14
	6	5
	22	20
	+0.081	−0.081
	23%	36%

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

L1Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander
12:1246% CF
L2Sutter – Roussel – Gaudette
12:0352% CF
L3Miller – Boeser – Pettersson
10:5659% CF
L4Eriksson – Beagle – Virtanen
9:4513% CF
D1Myers – Juolevi
17:5532% CF
D2Edler – Schmidt
17:1956% CF
D3Benn – Hughes
13:5336% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
1:13100% CF
PP2Myers – Pearson – Schmidt – Gaudette – Hoglander
0:37
PK1FSutter – Roussel
1:56
PK2FBeagle – Miller
1:14
PK1DEdler – Myers
2:20
PK2DBenn – Schmidt
1:40

Current VAN line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Lindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk
12:2555% CF
L2Lucic – Bennett – Dube
8:0350% CF
L3Gaudreau – Ritchie – Monahan
7:5560% CF
L4Backlund – Nordstrom – Simon
2:4871% CF
D1Giordano – Välimäki
17:4676% CF
D2Tanev – Hanifin
17:1852% CF
D3Nesterov – Andersson
14:4649% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Tkachuk – Välimäki
2:28100% CF
PP2Giordano – Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane – Dube
1:3267% CF
PK1FBacklund – Mangiapane
0:37
PK2FNordstrom – Lindholm
0:36
PK1DGiordano – Tanev
1:10
PK2DNesterov – Välimäki
0:15

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:46
VANJordie Benn (Bo Horvat, Nils Hoglander)snap0.07 xG
VAN: Benn, Pearson, Horvat, Hughes, HoglanderCGY: Nesterov, Gaudreau, Monahan, Andersson, Simon
VAN 1 – 0 CGY

2nd period

7:37
VANBo Horvat (Quinn Hughes, Nils Hoglander)wrist0.13 xG
VAN: Edler, Pearson, Horvat, Hughes, HoglanderCGY: Giordano, Lucic, Bennett, Dube, Välimäki
VAN 2 – 0 CGY
18:13
CGYAndrew Mangiapane (Mark Giordano, Juuso Välimäki)wrist0.06 xG
VAN: Benn, Pearson, Horvat, Hughes, HoglanderCGY: Giordano, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Tkachuk, Välimäki
VAN 2 – 1 CGY
18:28
VANJ.T. Miller (Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser)slap0.05 xG
VAN: Benn, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesCGY: Giordano, Gaudreau, Ritchie, Monahan, Välimäki
VAN 3 – 1 CGY
19:05
VANNate Schmidt (J.T. Miller, Brock Boeser)slap0.01 xG
VAN: Edler, Miller, Schmidt, Boeser, PetterssonCGY: Tanev, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Hanifin, Tkachuk
VAN 4 – 1 CGY

3rd period

5:54
VANBrock Boeser (Tyler Myers)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, Juolevi, PetterssonCGY: Nesterov, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Andersson, Tkachuk
VAN 5 – 1 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	1	1	2	+1	3	0.36	3	0	0	15:59	—	—	42	51
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.08	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	47	54
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.39	2	0	0	15:49	—	—	42	51
Brandon Sutter C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	47	38
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	1	0	16:19	—	—	52	43
Adam Gaudette R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	2	0	14:51	—	—	44	36
J.T. Miller C	L3	1	1	2	+3	2	0.11	0	0	2	15:34	—	—	53	51
Elias Pettersson C	L3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.29	0	1	0	13:57	—	—	58	62
Brock Boeser R	L3	1	2	3	+3	3	0.10	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	58	62
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	1	0	14:07	—	—	16	26
Loui Eriksson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	10	18
Jake Virtanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	2	11:51	—	—	11	22
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	22:02	—	—	32	25
Olli Juolevi D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	18:59	—	—	30	27
Nate Schmidt D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	21:59	—	—	51	48
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	1	3	0	21:28	—	—	55	67
Quinn Hughes D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.25	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	43	49
Jordie Benn D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	1	1	0	16:08	—	—	35	40

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	36	35	1	.972	3.49	60:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.64	1	0	0	20:44	—	—	62	63
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	19:17	—	—	56	55
Andrew Mangiapane L	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	17:25	—	—	52	48
Milan Lucic L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	4	0	0	18:02	—	—	61	46
Dillon Dube C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	0	0	16:15	—	—	65	51
Sam Bennett C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	1	0	13:58	—	—	55	56
Johnny Gaudreau L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.57	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	52	54
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.25	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	52	55
Brett Ritchie R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.35	3	0	0	10:54	—	—	68	61
Mikael Backlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	67	64
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	1	2	0	8:37	—	—	68	84
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:36	—	—	44	13
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.22	1	0	0	21:15	—	—	76	75
Juuso Välimäki D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.10	0	0	0	21:01	—	—	75	75
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	20:08	—	—	52	57
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	1	0	18:27	—	—	46	53
Nikita Nesterov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	50	29
Rasmus Andersson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	3	1	0	17:11	—	—	45	23

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	2.32	47:47
David Rittich	—	4	4	0	.1000	0.23	12:13

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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.