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Tue, Nov 9, 2010·Pepsi Center, Denver

Calgary Flames 4, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0716312425
COL18013110231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:13COLBrandon YipPPAssists: Jonas Holos, TJ Galiardi · Deflected, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:36CGYCurtis GlencrossPPAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Rene Bourque · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P3 1:25COLChris StewartPPAssists: Milan Hejduk, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.63 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:03CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Niklas Hagman, David Moss · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–2
  5. P3 15:45CGYDavid MossGWGAssists: Niklas Hagman, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.34 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:26CGYCurtis GlencrossENAssists: Rene Bourque, Olli Jokinen · Wrist, 0.67 xG4–2
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 2:17CGYCory Sarich: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 4:24CGYSteve Staios: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 4:24COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:56COLDaniel Winnik: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 16:04CGYCory Sarich: Interference2 min
  6. P1 18:37COLDaniel Winnik: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 7:57COLDavid Liffiton: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 10:03CGYJarome Iginla: Holding2 min
  9. P2 10:03COLJonas Holos: Interference2 min
  10. P2 11:11CGYJay Bouwmeester: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 14:19CGYMatt Stajan: Holding2 min
  12. P2 18:40COLScott Hannan: Holding2 min
  13. P2 19:42CGYCurtis Glencross: Slashing2 min · PPG
  14. P2 0:00COLJohn-Michael Liles: Roughing2 min
  15. P2 0:00CGYMikael Backlund: Roughing2 min
  16. P2 0:00CGYCory Sarich: Roughing2 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 SOG0COL
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Conroy won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCOL
25Shots on goal31
3.6Expected goals3.6
57Shot attempts53
30Faceoffs won25
4Power plays6
21Penalty minutes17
25Hits22
12Blocked shots16
2Giveaways7
3Takeaways7

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. bestHagman – Moss – Backlund6:12

    xG 1.61–0.11 (94%)attempts 15–5goals 2–0

  2. Jokinen – Glencross – Bourque6:55

    xG 0.43–0.04 (92%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Hagman – Bourque3:51

    xG 0.05–0.02 (76%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Stajan9:58

    xG 0.16–0.75 (17%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Giordano8:28

    xG 1.10–0.40 (73%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Regehr – White11:00

    xG 0.38–0.00 (99%)attempts 12–1goals 0–0

  3. Sarich – Bouwmeester12:37

    xG 0.73–0.46 (61%)attempts 20–9goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Stewart – Galiardi2:43

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Porter – McLeod – O'Reilly3:15

    xG 0.07–0.03 (70%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Winnik – McLeod – O'Reilly6:07

    xG 0.25–0.24 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Winnik – Stastny – Stewart4:44

    xG 0.02–0.05 (27%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiffiton – Holos5:38

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Shattenkirk10:50

    xG 0.39–0.24 (61%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Holos4:37

    xG 0.06–0.02 (70%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

COL 3.6 xGCGY 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 70/100 · #345 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsCGY wins

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

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