Calgary Flames vs. Vancouver CanucksMay 18, 2021

FinalTuesday, May 18, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	0	2	2		CGY	8	10	22	40
VAN	2	0	2	4		VAN	8	7	9	24

: CGY 58VAN 41
: CGY 4.72VAN 2.44
PP goals: CGY 0VAN 0
Hits: CGY 17VAN 8
Blocks: CGY 8VAN 10
PIM: CGY 11VAN 11
: CGY 53%VAN 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Calgary Flames 4–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Calgary Flames 4–2 at home. Tyler Myers (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Boyd–Vesey–Lockwood skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brock Boeser had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:31.Boeser
Points
Travis Hamonic had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:09.Hamonic
Points
Tyler Myers had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:14.Myers
New line
New look for VAN: Boyd–Vesey–Lockwood skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyd Vesey Lockwood
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +7 against a season average of 33.3; the win.Demko
Luck
CGY scored 2 goals on 4.72 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
VAN scored 4 goals on 2.44 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Matthew Highmore (VAN) played 16:47, +5:17 up on his 11:30 season average over 41 games.Highmore

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

← CGY attacks left (bottom on phones)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
CGY
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · VAN 41 · CGY 58

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
CGY
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN pressure
CGY pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CGY 44% of the game, VAN 17%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VAN

CGY

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	CGY	VAN
	52	44
	3.68	2.11
	3.20	2.08
	12	7
	2	1
	13	12
	+0.031	−0.031
	44%	17%

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.

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
11:3053% CF
L2Backlund – Nordstrom – Mangiapane
9:0464% CF
L3Lucic – Ryan – Dube
7:4147% CF
L4Ritchie – Simon – Ruzicka
4:4014% CF
D1Giordano – Tanev
13:1179% CF
D2Nesterov – Andersson
13:0952% CF
D3Stone – Mackey
11:5429% CF

PP1Giordano – Backlund – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
1:49100% CF
PP2Lucic – Mangiapane – Andersson – Dube – Ruzicka
1:43
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
1:06
PK2FNordstrom – Mangiapane
0:32
PK1DGiordano – Tanev
2:35
PK2DStone – Mackey
1:17

Current CGY line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Hoglander
10:3833% CF
L2Boyd – Vesey – Lockwood
9:1264% CF
L3Pearson – Horvat – Highmore
8:4636% CF
L4Graovac – Hawryluk – Michaelis
5:5856% CF
D1Hamonic – Hughes
13:4737% CF
D2Myers – Rathbone
13:3252% CF
D3Edler – Schmidt
12:4842% CF

PP1Edler – Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes
3:010% CF
PP2Myers – Pearson – Schmidt – Boeser – Hoglander
0:47
PK1FPearson – Horvat
1:47
PK2FMiller – Highmore
1:19
PK1DEdler – Myers
3:11
PK2DHamonic – Schmidt
0:38

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:43
VANTravis Hamonic (Tyler Graovac, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.13 xG
CGY: Nesterov, Gaudreau, Andersson, Ryan, TkachukVAN: Hamonic, Graovac, Hawryluk, Hughes, Michaelis
CGY 0 – 1 VAN
19:11
VANNils Hoglander (Tyler Myers, Bo Horvat)wrist0.13 xG
CGY: Lucic, Nesterov, Andersson, Ryan, DubeVAN: Myers, Horvat, Highmore, Rathbone, Hoglander
CGY 0 – 2 VAN

3rd period

9:28
VANTyler Myers (Brock Boeser, J.T. Miller)wrist0.15 xG
CGY: Nesterov, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Andersson, TkachukVAN: Edler, Myers, Miller, Boeser, Hoglander
CGY 0 – 3 VAN
16:38
CGYAndrew Mangiapane (Milan Lucic, Adam Ruzicka)wrist0.18 xG
CGY: Giordano, Lucic, Tanev, Mangiapane, RuzickaVAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, Rathbone, Hoglander
CGY 1 – 3 VAN
19:00
CGYMatthew Tkachuk (Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Giordano)wrist0.04 xG
CGY: Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Andersson, TkachukVAN: Edler, Hamonic, Pearson, Horvat, Highmore
CGY 2 – 3 VAN
19:41
VANBrock BoeserEN (Travis Hamonic)backhand0.50 xG
CGY: Giordano, Lucic, Backlund, Andersson, Simon, DubeVAN: Edler, Hamonic, Miller, Horvat, Boeser
CGY 2 – 4 VAN

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.53	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	52	43
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	55	47
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.44	2	0	0	17:35	—	—	56	51
Mikael Backlund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	71	92
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.71	3	0	0	18:05	—	—	61	80
Joakim Nordstrom C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	1	0	15:20	—	—	71	92
Dillon Dube C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.49	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	55	68
Derek Ryan C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	0	2	13:18	—	—	45	56
Milan Lucic L	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.23	2	0	0	13:07	—	—	52	72
Adam Ruzicka C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	38	59
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.55	2	1	2	9:21	—	—	36	48
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	9:21	—	—	25	28
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.13	1	1	0	24:22	—	—	68	95
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	21:21	—	—	75	94
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.27	0	3	0	21:25	—	—	53	58
Nikita Nesterov D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.02	0	0	2	17:37	—	—	49	51
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	38	44
Connor Mackey D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	5	13:58	—	—	33	39

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Louis Domingue(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	1.95	57:42

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.63	0	1	0	19:31	—	—	39	33
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	42	31
Nils Hoglander L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	0	1	0	15:39	—	—	41	40
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	54	16
Travis Boyd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	50	22
William Lockwood R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	1	2	12:44	—	—	53	24
Bo Horvat C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	1	5	20:33	—	—	48	44
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	2	0	18:21	—	—	36	25
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	40	29
Marc Michaelis L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:58	—	—	71	82
Tyler Graovac C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	46	52
Jayce Hawryluk R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:38	—	—	64	77
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	0	1	0	20:28	—	—	37	26
Travis Hamonic D	D1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.20	0	0	2	20:09	—	—	39	28
Tyler Myers D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.19	0	1	0	20:14	—	—	54	48
Jack Rathbone D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	15:36	—	—	58	45
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	0	2	25:47	—	—	44	35
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	18:12	—	—	48	30

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	4.72	59:55

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.