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Mon, Dec 13, 2010·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Calgary Flames 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 67% of the time.

CGY winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ06191900224
CGY211060513325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:20CGYJarome IginlaAssists: Mikael Backlund, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:25CGYBrendan MorrisonAssists: Niklas Hagman, Anton Babchuk · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:45CBJAntoine VermetteSHAssists: Andrew Murray, Mike Commodore · Slap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:41CBJRick NashPPAssists: Kris Russell, Antoine Vermette · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:49CGYJarome IginlaGWGAssists: Alex Tanguay, Cory Sarich · Snap, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 11:30CBJSamuel Pahlsson: Holding2 min
  2. P2 12:20CBJFedor Tyutin: Elbowing2 min
  3. P2 17:43CBJTom Sestito: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 15:13CGYAdam Pardy: Hooking2 min · PPG

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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
47% to win53% to win
← CBJ attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Moss won the faceoff against Pahlsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCGY
24Shots on goal25
1.1Expected goals1.8
59Shot attempts57
24Faceoffs won23
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
13Hits13
15Blocked shots28
13Giveaways13
9Takeaways6

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Brassard – Voracek12:26

    xG 0.51–0.30 (63%)attempts 18–10goals 0–0

  2. Vermette – Umberger – Nash2:19

    xG 0.07–0.07 (50%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Moreau – Pahlsson – Dorsett11:05

    xG 0.13–0.21 (38%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Clark – Murray – Wilson7:26

    xG 0.04–0.24 (13%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Commodore – Russell11:58

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Klesla – Methot14:16

    xG 0.30–0.31 (49%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Hejda18:35

    xG 0.25–0.63 (28%)attempts 15–16goals 0–2

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrison – Hagman – Bourque9:10

    xG 0.49–0.15 (77%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Kotalik – Glencross – Backlund9:56

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Jokinen – Kostopoulos2:10

    xG 0.12–0.01 (91%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Moss8:49

    xG 0.05–0.02 (69%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Giordano13:16

    xG 0.49–0.24 (67%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  2. Babchuk – Pardy13:27

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 11–15goals 2–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Giordano3:33

    xG 0.22–0.13 (64%)attempts 5–5goals 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.

CGY 1.8 xGCBJ 1.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #376 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 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 67% of the time.

CGY winsCBJ wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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