Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary FlamesDec 31, 2022

FinalSaturday, Dec 31, 2022· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	1	2		VAN	9	8	7	24
CGY	0	3	0	3		CGY	13	11	6	30

: VAN 44CGY 51
: VAN 2.02CGY 3.72
PP goals: VAN 0CGY 0
Hits: VAN 19CGY 15
Blocks: VAN 8CGY 10
PIM: VAN 4CGY 8
: VAN 42%CGY 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2

Calgary Flames beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 at home. MacKenzie Weegar (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Boeser–Garland–Dries skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:57.Weegar
New line
New look for VAN: Boeser–Garland–Dries skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boeser Garland Dries
New line
New look for VAN: Miller–Horvat–Lazar skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Horvat Lazar
New line
New look for VAN: Joshua–Lockwood–Studnicka skated 5:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Joshua Lockwood Studnicka
Usage
Conor Garland (VAN) played 19:39, +4:36 up on his 15:03 season average over 80 games.Garland
Usage
Brett Ritchie (CGY) played 3:28, −6:43 down on his 10:11 season average over 49 games.Ritchie
Usage
Milan Lucic (CGY) played 15:42, +4:27 up on his 11:15 season average over 76 games.Lucic
Usage
Dakota Joshua (VAN) played 7:27, −4:07 down on his 11:34 season average over 78 games.Joshua

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 51 · VAN 44

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 31% of the game, CGY 32%.

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
	43	48
	1.94	1.91
	1.91	1.86
	11	13
	0	6
	24	14
	−0.044	+0.044
	31%	32%

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

L1Boeser – Garland – Dries
9:0647% CF
L2Miller – Horvat – Lazar
6:2650% CF
L3Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko
5:5450% CF
L4Joshua – Lockwood – Studnicka
5:1944% CF
D1Bear – Hughes
14:1660% CF
D2Myers – Ekman-Larsson
13:2140% CF
D3Schenn – Dermott
9:2925% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
4:2360% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Boeser – Garland – Dries – Mikheyev
2:51100% CF
PK1FHorvat – Pettersson
1:43
PK2FLazar – Mikheyev
1:12
PK1DSchenn – Myers
1:29
PK2DDermott – Bear
0:24

Current VAN line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Lucic – Kadri – Huberdeau
12:1739% CF
L2Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube
9:0658% CF
L3Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane
8:1972% CF
L4Lewis – Ritchie – Ruzicka
2:5250% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
15:3641% CF
D2Tanev – Weegar
14:4470% CF
D3Stone – Zadorov
8:5260% CF

PP1Kadri – Toffoli – Huberdeau – Lindholm – Andersson
1:46100% CF
PP2Backlund – Mangiapane – Hanifin – Dube – Ruzicka
1:41100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
2:08
PK2FMangiapane – Dube
1:16
PK1DTanev – Zadorov
3:48
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
2:13

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:21
CGYElias Lindholm (Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.07 xG
VAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Miller, Horvat, LazarCGY: Tanev, Toffoli, Weegar, Lindholm, Dube
VAN 0 – 1 CGY
9:32
CGYBlake ColemanSH (Rasmus Andersson, MacKenzie Weegar)tip-in0.29 xG
VAN: Ekman-Larsson, Garland, Pettersson, Dries, KuzmenkoCGY: Lewis, Coleman, Weegar, Andersson
VAN 0 – 2 CGY
14:17
CGYMacKenzie Weegar (Chris Tanev, Nazem Kadri)wrist0.02 xG
VAN: Myers, Joshua, Bear, Lockwood, StudnickaCGY: Lucic, Kadri, Tanev, Huberdeau, Weegar
VAN 0 – 3 CGY
15:28
VANSheldon Dries (Conor Garland)other0.22 xG
VAN: Boeser, Bear, Garland, Dries, HughesCGY: Stone, Toffoli, Lindholm, Zadorov, Dube
VAN 1 – 3 CGY

3rd period

4:06
VANElias Pettersson (Bo Horvat, Ethan Bear)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Horvat, Bear, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoCGY: Coleman, Lindholm, Hanifin, Andersson, Dube
VAN 2 – 3 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
Conor Garland R	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.11	1	0	0	19:39	—	—	59	67
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	55	66
Sheldon Dries C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.29	2	1	0	14:11	—	—	50	57
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	21:48	—	—	53	58
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	0	2	19:17	—	—	47	23
Curtis Lazar C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	4	0	0	10:59	—	—	38	35
Elias Pettersson C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	2	3	0	21:47	—	—	44	66
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	19:30	—	—	44	28
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	30	18
William Lockwood R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	3	1	0	11:31	—	—	47	66
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	1	1	0	9:31	—	—	56	77
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	7:27	—	—	42	68
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.42	1	0	2	25:56	—	—	58	59
Ethan Bear D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:28	—	—	58	61
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:35	—	—	41	53
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.03	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	44	48
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	21	15
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	12:51	—	—	44	33

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Martin(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.58	57:16

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	39	29
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	18:02	—	—	40	18
Milan Lucic L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	40	30
Elias Lindholm C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.26	1	1	0	18:41	—	—	50	36
Dillon Dube C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	57	51
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.56	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	61	69
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.72	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	67	66
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.29	1	1	2	15:19	—	—	60	69
Blake Coleman L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.89	0	0	2	13:12	—	—	60	67
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	2	0	0	10:59	—	—	58	59
Adam Ruzicka C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	8:43	—	—	67	66
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:28	—	—	40	0
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	2	3	0	24:50	—	—	39	46
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	3	2	21:31	—	—	41	46
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	22:30	—	—	68	56
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	1	1	2	+3	1	0.07	3	0	0	20:57	—	—	65	66
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	1	0	17:13	—	—	52	44
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	2	9:57	—	—	60	45

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.02	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.