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Wed, Nov 24, 2010·Prudential Center, Newark

Calgary Flames 1, New Jersey Devils 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 71% of the time.

NJD winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY0701115030126
NJD160603061221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:06NJDDavid ClarksonAssists: Mattias Tedenby, Matthew Corrente · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:18CGYRene BourqueAssists: Mark Giordano, Curtis Glencross · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. CGY Niklas Hagman stopped
  2. 2. NJD Ilya Kovalchuk scored
  3. 3. CGY Alex Tanguay stopped
  4. 4. NJD Mattias Tedenby stopped
  5. 5. CGY Brendan Morrison stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 10:49CGYBrendan Morrison: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:50NJDBrian Rolston: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 16:01CGYRene Bourque: Holding2 min
  4. P2 18:58NJDDainius Zubrus: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 12:38NJDIlya Kovalchuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. OT 0:44CGYMark Giordano: Interference2 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 SOG0NJD
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNJD
26Shots on goal21
2.7Expected goals1.6
51Shot attempts42
31Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
13Hits16
14Blocked shots14
1Giveaways12
1Takeaways6

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 – Moss – Glencross5:16

    xG 0.26–0.01 (96%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Jokinen – Tanguay15:56

    xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Hagman – Bourque – Backlund7:02

    xG 0.19–0.04 (83%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Morrison – Hagman – Backlund3:21

    xG 0.10–0.03 (80%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Giordano13:31

    xG 0.42–0.18 (71%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  2. Regehr – Bouwmeester15:25

    xG 0.58–0.41 (59%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  3. Babchuk – Mikkelson15:57

    xG 0.19–0.22 (46%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Mair – Pelley – Gionta3:36

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Zubrus – Kovalchuk – Pelley2:28

    xG 0.07–0.08 (47%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Clarkson – Zajac2:32

    xG 0.04–0.09 (32%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. Arnott – Elias – Tedenby10:28

    xG 0.14–0.20 (41%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Volchenkov – Corrente12:44

    xG 0.34–0.32 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  2. White – Tallinder17:36

    xG 0.30–0.30 (50%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  3. Fayne – Greene12:19

    xG 0.08–0.62 (11%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

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.

NJD 1.6 xGCGY 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 39/100 · #715 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 71% of the time.

NJD winsCGY wins

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

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