Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary FlamesMay 13, 2021

FinalThursday, May 13, 2021· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	0	0	1		VAN	9	14	2	25
CGY	2	0	2	4		CGY	9	10	9	28

: VAN 45CGY 56
: VAN 1.82CGY 2.49
PP goals: VAN 0CGY 1
Hits: VAN 11CGY 7
Blocks: VAN 12CGY 8
PIM: VAN 8CGY 2
: VAN 61%CGY 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1

Calgary Flames beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1 at home. Elias Lindholm (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Lindholm and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:45 together.

Points
Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:09.Lindholm
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:48.Tkachuk
Points
Johnny Gaudreau had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:11.Gaudreau
PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Lindholm and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:45 together.Giordano Backlund Gaudreau Lindholm Tkachuk
New line
New look for VAN: Miller–Highmore–Boeser skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Highmore Boeser
Usage
Matthew Highmore (VAN) played 17:27, +5:58 up on his 11:29 season average over 41 games.Highmore
New line
New look for CGY: Leivo–Ritchie–Gawdin skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leivo Ritchie Gawdin
New line
New look for CGY: Lucic–Ryan–Dube skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lucic Ryan 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 101 of 101 attempts · CGY 56 · VAN 45

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 24% of the game, CGY 47%.

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
	48	60
	1.80	2.57
	1.74	2.47
	6	7
	7	2
	23	14
	+0.067	−0.067
	24%	47%

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

L1Miller – Highmore – Boeser
10:3432% CF
L2Boyd – Vesey – MacEwen
9:5558% CF
L3Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander
8:2256% CF
L4Graovac – Hawryluk – Michaelis
7:4850% CF
D1Hamonic – Hughes
17:3547% CF
D2Myers – Juolevi
14:1648% CF
D3Edler – Schmidt
10:5140% CF

PP1Edler – Myers – Pearson – Horvat – Boeser
1:16100% CF
PP2Boyd – Miller – Schmidt – Hughes – Hoglander
0:44100% CF
PK1FPearson – Highmore
1:44
PK2FMiller – Horvat
1:29
PK1DEdler – Myers
3:56
PK2DHamonic – Schmidt
2:12

Current VAN line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
13:5473% CF
L2Backlund – Nordstrom – Mangiapane
12:0750% CF
L3Lucic – Ryan – Dube
8:2550% CF
L4Leivo – Ritchie – Gawdin
6:2962% CF
D1Giordano – Tanev
19:3475% CF
D2Nesterov – Andersson
14:1841% CF
D3Stone – Kylington
12:2565% CF

PP1Giordano – Backlund – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
2:45100% CF
PP2Lucic – Mangiapane – Andersson – Ryan – Dube
2:24100% CF
PK1FNordstrom – Ryan
0:49
PK2FBacklund – Lindholm
0:44
PK1DStone – Nesterov
1:08
PK2DGiordano – Tanev
0:44

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:02
VANMatthew Highmore (Travis Hamonic, Brock Boeser)tip-in0.06 xG
VAN: Hamonic, Miller, Highmore, Boeser, HughesCGY: Backlund, Nordstrom, Nesterov, Mangiapane, Andersson
VAN 1 – 0 CGY
3:36
CGYRasmus Andersson (Johnny Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm)snap0.12 xG
VAN: Edler, Pearson, Schmidt, Horvat, HoglanderCGY: Nesterov, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Andersson, Tkachuk
VAN 1 – 1 CGY
5:17
CGYAndrew Mangiapane (Nikita Nesterov, Joakim Nordstrom)tip-in0.06 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Highmore, Boeser, JuoleviCGY: Backlund, Nordstrom, Nesterov, Mangiapane, Andersson
VAN 1 – 2 CGY

3rd period

15:33
CGYElias Lindholm (Matthew Tkachuk, Chris Tanev)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Schmidt, Highmore, BoeserCGY: Giordano, Tanev, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Tkachuk
VAN 1 – 3 CGY
16:37
CGYMatthew TkachukPP (Johnny Gaudreau, Mikael Backlund)wrist0.02 xG
VAN: Edler, Myers, Miller, HorvatCGY: Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Tkachuk
VAN 1 – 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
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	2	19:55	—	—	27	23
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	28	21
Matthew Highmore C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.08	2	0	0	17:27	—	—	33	25
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	6	14:00	—	—	57	58
Travis Boyd C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:33	—	—	57	68
Zack MacEwen R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	57	61
Bo Horvat C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	1	2	0	19:19	—	—	63	49
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	41	29
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	48	31
Jayce Hawryluk R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:27	—	—	50	61
Tyler Graovac C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	46	54
Marc Michaelis L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	9:01	—	—	46	70
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	1	1	0	23:09	—	—	48	45
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	20:34	—	—	45	38
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.18	1	0	0	23:37	—	—	45	43
Olli Juolevi D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	3	0	14:40	—	—	46	35
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	3	1	0	20:15	—	—	50	53
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	1	0	17:45	—	—	30	34

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	2.49	59:49

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.17	0	0	2	19:11	—	—	73	88
Elias Lindholm C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.11	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	67	84
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.18	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	71	87
Mikael Backlund C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	21:53	—	—	50	53
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	52	55
Joakim Nordstrom C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	2	2	0	15:36	—	—	43	46
Dillon Dube C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	43	45
Derek Ryan C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	13:54	—	—	42	46
Milan Lucic L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	47	63
Josh Leivo L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	52	26
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:06	—	—	64	50
Glenn Gawdin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:47	—	—	67	50
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	0	1	0	26:15	—	—	65	57
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.13	0	1	0	22:07	—	—	73	79
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.34	0	1	0	19:39	—	—	39	45
Nikita Nesterov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	41	51
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	56	65
Oliver Kylington D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	62	73

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.82	60:00

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.