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Thu, Dec 16, 2010·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Toronto Maple Leafs 2, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 77% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR140718219
CGY1931519533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:14TORNikolay KuleminAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Francois Beauchemin · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:11CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Brendan Morrison · Backhand, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:17CGYAlex TanguayAssists: Matt Stajan, Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:50CGYOlli JokinenPPGWGAssists: Anton Babchuk, Niklas Hagman · Slap, 0.02 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:14CGYRene BourqueAssists: Niklas Hagman, Olli Jokinen · Snap, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:30CGYNiklas HagmanPPAssists: Olli Jokinen, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–5
  7. P3 8:45TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Kris Versteeg · Slap, 0.02 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:03TORKeith Aulie: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 17:14CGYAdam Pardy: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:14TORMikhail Grabovski: Diving2 min
  4. P2 11:58CGYOlli Jokinen: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 15:40TORMikhail Grabovski: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 2:18TORMikhail Grabovski: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 18:29TORDion Phaneuf: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 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.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORCGY
19Shots on goal33
1.3Expected goals2.9
53Shot attempts70
16Faceoffs won23
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
21Hits23
20Blocked shots21
16Giveaways16
6Takeaways18

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestArmstrong – Versteeg – Kadri3:16

    xG 0.11–0.03 (78%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Orr – Armstrong – Kadri2:02

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Versteeg – Kessel – Bozak2:25

    xG 0.12–0.11 (53%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Sjostrom – Brent – Mitchell2:59

    xG 0.02–0.13 (15%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Phaneuf17:05

    xG 0.35–0.33 (52%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  2. Lebda – Aulie14:07

    xG 0.38–0.55 (41%)attempts 15–18goals 0–1

  3. Kaberle – Schenn16:43

    xG 0.07–0.93 (7%)attempts 9–18goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Tanguay – Stajan12:38

    xG 0.67–0.32 (68%)attempts 15–17goals 1–2

  2. Morrison – Kotalik – Backlund10:10

    xG 0.55–0.23 (71%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Moss9:34

    xG 0.21–0.03 (86%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Hagman – Bourque11:25

    xG 0.14–0.12 (54%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRegehr – Bouwmeester14:41

    xG 0.99–0.20 (83%)attempts 16–14goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Giordano16:21

    xG 0.54–0.17 (76%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Babchuk – Pardy15:41

    xG 0.61–0.31 (66%)attempts 22–13goals 2–1

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.

CGY 2.9 xGTOR 1.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTOR

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 TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #669 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.01 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 77% of the time.

CGY winsTOR wins

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

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