GRIT & GF

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Calgary Flames

Minnesota Wild

Expected goals, CGY–MIN
2.7–2.6
all situations, empty nets out
MIN share of xG
48.6%
50% is even
Shots on goal
30–24
CGY–MIN
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Wild beat the Flames 4-1. Expected goals had it close, 2.5 to 2.7. Quinn Hughes has a point in 7 straight games. Vinnie Hinostroza scored for the first time in 24 games.

  • Quinn Hughes has a point in 7 straight games. He has 50 points in 49 games this season. He played 27:57 and had four shots on goal. The Wild beat the Flames 4-1.

  • Vinnie HinostrozaDrought over

    Vinnie Hinostroza scored for the first time in 24 games. His goal stood up as the winner. That was his third goal of the season. It finished 4-1 for the Wild.

  • MacKenzie WeegarShot blocker

    MacKenzie Weegar got in front of 7 shots. He has 16 points in 53 games this season. He played 20:02 and had one shot on goal. The Flames lost 4-1 to the Wild.

  • Ryan HartmanShot blocker

    Ryan Hartman blocked 6 shots. He has 24 points in 51 games this season. He played 18:17 and had no shots on goal. It finished 4-1 for the Wild.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

CGYMIN

Where the shots came from

5 goals from 86 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← CGY shootingMIN shooting →

Calgary Flames

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Zach Whitecloud D24:260030.093155
Kevin Bahl D23:080000.002253
Mikael Backlund C20:300020.170049
MacKenzie Weegar D20:020010.061743
Matt Coronato R18:150030.300057
Yegor Sharangovich C18:050000.130140
Yan Kuznetsov D17:500020.041138
Jonathan Huberdeau L16:480140.300067
Matvei Gridin R16:260020.400148
Morgan Frost C16:251020.190348
Connor Zary C16:220030.310061
Hunter Brzustewicz D16:150000.010156
Nazem Kadri C16:120030.250068
Martin Pospisil C12:360010.195073
Joel Hanley D12:200000.000168
Joel Farabee L11:250020.031128
Justin Kirkland C10:350010.020032
Adam Klapka R9:170010.233032

Minnesota Wild

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Quinn Hughes D27:570140.290058
Brock Faber D24:010120.020050
Jake Middleton D20:220110.060252
Mats Zuccarello R19:270010.050059
Kirill Kaprizov L19:271131.250058
Jared Spurgeon D18:400100.001226
Ryan Hartman R18:170000.060649
Matt Boldy L17:261020.453019
Joel Eriksson Ek C16:270100.190038
Yakov Trenin C16:080010.104047
Daemon Hunt D15:090110.070357
Danila Yurov R13:581010.130058
Marcus Johansson L13:540010.200037
Vladimir Tarasenko R13:260110.040241
David Jiricek D12:380020.020053
Nico Sturm C9:480000.000154
Marcus Foligno L8:340020.323060
Vinnie Hinostroza C8:211020.180063

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.