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Thu, Oct 21, 2010·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Calgary Flames 2, Detroit Red Wings 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY21605015236
DET11218210430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:24CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Curtis Glencross, Cory Sarich · Snap, 0.36 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:29DETHenrik ZetterbergAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Tomas Holmstrom · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:10CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Brendan Morrison, Curtis Glencross · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:51DETNicklas LidstromPPAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:55DETJohan FranzenGWGAssists: Todd Bertuzzi, Valtteri Filppula · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:43DETTodd BertuzziUnassisted · Snap, 0.04 xG2–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:23DETJakub Kindl: Interference2 min
  2. P2 2:54CGYSteve Staios: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:30DETRuslan Salei: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:58CGYNiklas Hagman: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:00CGYMatt Stajan: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:37DETJiri Hudler: Interference2 min
  7. P3 8:53CGYStefan Meyer: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 9:22DETMike Modano: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 11:12DETRuslan Salei: Delaying game2 min
  10. P3 13:19CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 19:46DETBrad Stuart: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0DET
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDET
36Shots on goal30
2.8Expected goals1.9
62Shot attempts55
21Faceoffs won39
6Power plays5
10Penalty minutes12
32Hits27
15Blocked shots16
4Giveaways13
4Takeaways14

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 – Glencross – Backlund6:22

    xG 0.53–0.05 (91%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  2. Conroy – Jackman – Meyer5:38

    xG 0.23–0.11 (68%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Stajan – Bourque2:01

    xG 0.01–0.06 (17%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Hagman – Bourque10:16

    xG 0.14–0.23 (37%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Giordano10:13

    xG 0.73–0.29 (72%)attempts 10–10goals 1–2

  2. Staios – Bouwmeester14:05

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  3. Regehr – White12:24

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Filppula – Franzen10:33

    xG 0.49–0.16 (75%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Eaves – Miller – Helm5:02

    xG 0.33–0.07 (84%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Cleary – Datsyuk – Zetterberg3:28

    xG 0.02–0.03 (40%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Holmstrom – Datsyuk – Zetterberg9:44

    xG 0.17–0.23 (42%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSalei – Kronwall3:39

    xG 0.26–0.06 (80%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Lidstrom – Stuart13:03

    xG 0.41–0.28 (59%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Janik – Kronwall11:06

    xG 0.15–0.29 (34%)attempts 10–12goals 1–1

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.

DET 1.9 xGCGY 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #478 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 68% of the time.

DET winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).