Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary FlamesMay 19, 2021

FinalWednesday, May 19, 2021· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Calgary FlamesCGY

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	2	0	2		VAN	5	10	6	21
CGY	3	2	1	6		CGY	9	10	9	28

: VAN 43CGY 52
: VAN 2.20CGY 4.28
PP goals: VAN 1CGY 0
Hits: VAN 9CGY 6
Blocks: VAN 8CGY 9
PIM: VAN 6CGY 14
: VAN 48%CGY 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames rout Vancouver Canucks 6–2

Calgary Flames beat Vancouver Canucks 6–2 at home. Brett Ritchie (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Rathbone and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:41 together.

Points
Brett Ritchie had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 10:45.Ritchie
Points
Derek Ryan had 3 assists (3 points) in 14:13.Ryan
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:40.Tkachuk
Points
Dillon Dube had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 6:57.Dube
Points
Brock Boeser had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:32.Boeser
Points
Johnny Gaudreau had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:12.Gaudreau
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Rathbone and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:41 together.Miller Horvat Boeser Rathbone Hughes
New line
New look for VAN: Horvat–Highmore–Lind skated 9:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Horvat Highmore Lind

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 95 of 95 attempts · CGY 52 · VAN 43

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 42%.

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
	42	52
	2.07	4.45
	2.04	4.23
	7	23
	1	1
	22	18
	−0.060	+0.060
	24%	42%

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

L1Horvat – Highmore – Lind
9:4259% CF
L2Miller – Boeser – Hoglander
9:3961% CF
L3Boyd – Vesey – Lockwood
7:4062% CF
L4Graovac – Hawryluk – Michaelis
5:1911% CF
D1Hamonic – Hughes
14:2733% CF
D2Myers – Rathbone
14:0362% CF
D3Schmidt – Chatfield
13:0346% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Rathbone – Hughes
4:41100% CF
PP2Myers – Boyd – Graovac – Schmidt – Hoglander
3:2050% CF
PK1FBoyd – Highmore
0:54
PK2FMiller – Lockwood
0:51
PK1DMyers – Hamonic
1:54
PK2DSchmidt – Rathbone
0:21

Current VAN line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
10:1562% CF
L2Lucic – Phillips – Ruzicka
9:5663% CF
L3Backlund – Nordstrom – Mangiapane
8:2342% CF
L4Ritchie – Ryan – Dube
5:0486% CF
D1Andersson – Välimäki
15:4624% CF
D2Giordano – Tanev
14:5683% CF
D3Stone – Mackey
12:5673% CF

PP1Giordano – Lindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk – Phillips
1:03100% CF
PP2Lucic – Stone – Phillips – Ruzicka – Mackey
0:50100% CF
PK1FNordstrom – Lindholm
1:57
PK2FBacklund – Ryan
1:18
PK1DGiordano – Tanev
3:33
PK2DStone – Mackey
3:17

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:41
CGYMatthew Tkachuk (Johnny Gaudreau, Juuso Välimäki)wrist0.14 xG
VAN: Hamonic, Miller, Vesey, Lockwood, HughesCGY: Giordano, Tanev, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Tkachuk
VAN 0 – 1 CGY
12:16
CGYDillon Dube (Derek Ryan, Brett Ritchie)backhand0.17 xG
VAN: Myers, Graovac, Hawryluk, Hughes, MichaelisCGY: Giordano, Tanev, Ritchie, Ryan, Dube
VAN 0 – 2 CGY
16:18
CGYAndrew Mangiapane (Mikael Backlund, Joakim Nordstrom)wrist0.44 xG
VAN: Miller, Schmidt, Boeser, Chatfield, HoglanderCGY: Giordano, Backlund, Tanev, Nordstrom, Mangiapane
VAN 0 – 3 CGY

2nd period

5:14
CGYBrett Ritchie (Derek Ryan, Dillon Dube)wrist0.14 xG
VAN: Graovac, Schmidt, Hawryluk, Chatfield, MichaelisCGY: Stone, Ritchie, Ryan, Dube, Välimäki
VAN 0 – 4 CGY
8:34
VANBo HorvatPP (Brock Boeser, Jack Rathbone)snap0.18 xG
VAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Rathbone, HughesCGY: Tanev, Nordstrom, Lindholm, Mackey
VAN 1 – 4 CGY
9:32
VANJ.T. Miller (Brock Boeser, Tyler Myers)tip-in0.06 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, Rathbone, HoglanderCGY: Giordano, Stone, Gaudreau, Ritchie, Ryan
VAN 2 – 4 CGY
10:29
CGYMatthew Tkachuk (Johnny Gaudreau, Chris Tanev)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, Rathbone, HoglanderCGY: Giordano, Backlund, Tanev, Gaudreau, Tkachuk
VAN 2 – 5 CGY

3rd period

3:29
CGYConnor Mackey (Brett Ritchie, Derek Ryan)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Boyd, Vesey, Schmidt, Chatfield, LockwoodCGY: Stone, Ritchie, Mangiapane, Ryan, Mackey
VAN 2 – 6 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	0	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	2	21:58	—	—	58	68
Matthew Highmore C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	1	0	16:12	—	—	44	46
Kole Lind R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	10:37	—	—	53	56
J.T. Miller C	L2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	21:14	—	—	46	30
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.28	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	54	39
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	57	39
William Lockwood R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:39	—	—	39	29
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	47	30
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.44	0	2	0	13:05	—	—	50	33
Tyler Graovac C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	0	0	0	10:46	—	—	15	10
Jayce Hawryluk R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:57	—	—	18	2
Marc Michaelis L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	6:19	—	—	18	2
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	1	0	22:53	—	—	35	17
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	18:04	—	—	31	19
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	23:18	—	—	63	50
Jack Rathbone D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	54	45
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.10	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	46	34
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.07	1	0	4	14:42	—	—	43	30

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	28	22	6	.786	4.28	59:15

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	64	52
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	50	41
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.75	0	0	4	15:40	—	—	59	50
Milan Lucic L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.61	0	0	2	14:24	—	—	57	81
Matthew Phillips R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	58	76
Adam Ruzicka C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	2	12:15	—	—	63	84
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.15	0	1	0	16:58	—	—	37	59
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.44	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	53	73
Joakim Nordstrom C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:30	—	—	41	62
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	3	3	+2	0	0.33	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	57	78
Brett Ritchie R	L4	1	2	3	+2	2	0.16	1	0	0	10:45	—	—	55	82
Dillon Dube C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.35	0	0	0	6:57	—	—	86	100
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	3	0	20:32	—	—	23	36
Juuso Välimäki D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	2	2	18:18	—	—	27	43
Mark Giordano D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.19	1	2	2	22:54	—	—	73	80
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.16	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	83	88
Connor Mackey D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.06	3	0	0	19:41	—	—	73	80
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.26	0	0	2	18:01	—	—	68	74

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.20	40:00

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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.