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Tue, Oct 19, 2010·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Calgary Flames 1, Nashville Predators 0 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY0120601413135
NSH01201201000034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. OT 2:10CGYRene BourqueGWGAssists: Brendan Morrison, Ian White · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:52CGYNiklas Hagman: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 2:51CGYTim Jackman: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:10NSHSteve Sullivan: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:30CGYJay Bouwmeester: Interference2 min
  5. P2 14:23NSHJ-P Dumont: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 16:37CGYIan White: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 14:12CGYCurtis Glencross: Interference goalkeeper2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNSH
35Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals2.5
61Shot attempts57
29Faceoffs won33
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
23Hits23
11Blocked shots14
6Giveaways18
10Takeaways11

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrison – Jokinen – Hagman11:30

    xG 0.43–0.16 (73%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  2. Conroy – Jackman – Meyer4:51

    xG 0.09–0.01 (90%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Stajan – Bourque3:27

    xG 0.05–0.02 (74%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Glencross – Bourque – Backlund7:55

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – White12:53

    xG 0.40–0.20 (67%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Staios – Bouwmeester14:30

    xG 0.34–0.27 (55%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Bouwmeester2:00

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestSmithson – Kostitsyn – Spaling7:57

    xG 0.26–0.06 (81%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Dumont – Erat – Wilson6:24

    xG 0.42–0.29 (59%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  3. Legwand – Ward – Tootoo12:04

    xG 0.24–0.20 (54%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  4. Sullivan – O'Reilly – Hornqvist11:27

    xG 0.11–0.35 (25%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – O'Brien10:32

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  2. Bouillon – Franson3:00

    xG 0.23–0.09 (71%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. O'Brien – Franson6:23

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NSH 2.5 xGCGY 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NSH is favoured, below it CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1062 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsCGY wins

Simulated goal difference (NSH − CGY), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).