Skip to content
Ice Lab

Fri, Nov 26, 2010·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Calgary Flames 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY0918112012330
PHI01121308041236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:09PHINikolay ZherdevAssists: Matt Carle, Blair Betts · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:17CGYCurtis GlencrossSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:01PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Mike Richards · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P3 7:09CGYSteve StaiosAssists: Alex Tanguay, Jarome Iginla · Snap, 0.05 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. PHI Claude Giroux scored
  2. 2. CGY Alex Tanguay stopped
  3. 3. PHI Daniel Brière stopped
  4. 4. CGY Niklas Hagman scored
  5. 5. PHI Mike Richards stopped
  6. 6. CGY Rene Bourque scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:23CGYMark Giordano: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 5:44PHIVille Leino: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 17:50PHIJody Shelley: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 5:48CGYRene Bourque: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 7:20CGYRobyn Regehr: Elbowing2 min
  6. P2 12:29CGYNiklas Hagman: Interference2 min
  7. P3 4:55CGYMikael Backlund: Boarding2 min
  8. OT 2:43CGYMark Giordano: Holding the stick2 min
  9. OT 3:25PHIChris Pronger: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 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 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Moss
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYPHI
30Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals3.7
57Shot attempts73
34Faceoffs won36
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
29Hits18
21Blocked shots17
5Giveaways10
4Takeaways11

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. bestJokinen – Kostopoulos – Hagman10:18

    xG 0.81–0.25 (77%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Conroy – Morrison – Jackman3:16

    xG 0.45–0.09 (83%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Tanguay – Backlund10:45

    xG 0.50–0.16 (76%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  4. Iginla – Jokinen – Hagman3:43

    xG 0.34–0.22 (60%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Giordano14:17

    xG 1.28–0.46 (74%)attempts 20–17goals 1–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Giordano2:31

    xG 0.15–0.01 (94%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Bouwmeester13:27

    xG 0.50–0.50 (50%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Nodl – van Riemsdyk8:40

    xG 0.52–0.34 (60%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Shelley – Betts – Powe2:32

    xG 0.06–0.03 (69%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Zherdev – Carter – Giroux4:45

    xG 0.14–0.25 (35%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Carter – Giroux – Powe6:31

    xG 0.07–0.28 (20%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Donnell – Coburn2:30

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 2–3goals 1–1

  2. O'Donnell – Meszaros11:56

    xG 0.32–0.16 (67%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Pronger – Carle13:20

    xG 0.39–0.50 (44%)attempts 16–12goals 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.

PHI 3.7 xGCGY 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #486 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.76 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Philadelphia Flyers win this game 59% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

Simulated goal difference (PHI − 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).