Skip to content
Ice Lab

Fri, Oct 22, 2010·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Calgary Flames 6, Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 61% of the time.

CBJ winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY3101528623
CBJ1407111222

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:13CGYNiklas HagmanAssists: Rene Bourque, Olli Jokinen · Backhand, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:50CGYIan WhiteAssists: Matt Stajan, Jarome Iginla · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P1 16:27CBJDerek DorsettAssists: Rostislav Klesla, Marc Methot · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–1
  4. P1 19:31CGYRene BourqueGWGAssists: Olli Jokinen, Jay Bouwmeester · Slap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P2 5:08CGYRene BourqueSHAssists: Mikael Backlund, Robyn Regehr · Snap, 0.09 xG4–1
  6. P3 10:07CBJJan HejdaAssists: Chris Clark, Derek MacKenzie · Slap, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 11:43CGYAlex TanguayAssists: Jarome Iginla, Robyn Regehr · Wrist, 0.06 xG5–2
  8. P3 19:54CGYRene BourqueAssists: Jarome Iginla, Matt Stajan · Wrist, 0.12 xG6–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:42CBJJakub Voracek: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 6:13CBJKyle Wilson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:42CBJKyle Wilson: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 16:53CGYJarome Iginla: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:53CBJDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:15CGYRene Bourque: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 0:41CBJRick Nash: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 3:23CGYIan White: Interference2 min
  9. P2 11:40CBJJakub Voracek: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 7:31CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 14:06CBJNate Guenin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  12. P3 14:59CGYRene Bourque: Tripping2 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 SOG0CBJ
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCBJ
23Shots on goal22
2.3Expected goals1.7
48Shot attempts45
25Faceoffs won39
6Power plays4
13Penalty minutes17
30Hits25
13Blocked shots13
1Giveaways4
7Takeaways10

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. bestIginla – Tanguay – Stajan9:11

    xG 0.30–0.09 (76%)attempts 6–6goals 2–0

  2. Conroy – Jackman – Meyer4:35

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Morrison – Glencross – Backlund5:54

    xG 0.03–0.11 (21%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Hagman – Bourque9:52

    xG 0.15–0.33 (31%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Mikkelson9:54

    xG 0.30–0.03 (90%)attempts 10–4goals 1–1

  2. Bouwmeester – Giordano11:53

    xG 0.37–0.12 (75%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – White10:42

    xG 0.11–0.29 (27%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestHuselius – Vermette – Nash8:09

    xG 0.27–0.03 (90%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Voracek – Filatov3:27

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Pahlsson – Umberger – Dorsett3:51

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Clark – MacKenzie – Wilson2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Guenin12:27

    xG 0.57–0.23 (72%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Klesla – Methot10:07

    xG 0.34–0.29 (54%)attempts 8–6goals 1–1

  3. Hejda – Stralman13:59

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

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.

CBJ 1.7 xGCGY 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 52/100 · #557 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 61% of the time.

CBJ winsCGY wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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