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Thu, Dec 23, 2010·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 58% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY16010115021333
DAL140217030216

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:03CGYAnton BabchukPPAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Brendan Morrison · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:13DALMike RibeiroPPAssists: Loui Eriksson, Brad Richards · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:41DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:39CGYAlex TanguayAssists: Jarome Iginla, Rene Bourque · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Loui Eriksson stopped
  2. 2. CGY Alex Tanguay scored
  3. 3. DAL Brad Richards stopped
  4. 4. CGY Niklas Hagman stopped
  5. 5. DAL Mike Ribeiro stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 7:19CGYJarome Iginla: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 7:19DALJamie Benn: Fighting5 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:04DALSteve Ott: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 14:36DALNicklas Grossmann: Holding2 min
  5. P1 16:57CGYTim Jackman: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P2 1:11DALAdam Burish: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 1:16CGYAlex Tanguay: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P2 18:01CGYMatt Stajan: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 5:55CGYRobyn Regehr: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 5:55DALBrandon Segal: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 14:28DALSteve Ott: Hooking2 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Richards won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
33Shots on goal16
1.7Expected goals1.4
55Shot attempts44
29Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
16Penalty minutes18
20Hits35
15Blocked shots12
14Giveaways16
11Takeaways22

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. bestKotalik – Hagman – Stajan11:29

    xG 0.31–0.12 (71%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Morrison – Glencross – Bourque10:21

    xG 0.13–0.04 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Moss6:47

    xG 0.21–0.16 (56%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Jokinen – Tanguay13:40

    xG 0.33–0.67 (33%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Giordano14:46

    xG 0.33–0.03 (92%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Regehr – Bouwmeester15:04

    xG 0.41–0.41 (50%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Sarich – Pardy3:46

    xG 0.04–0.04 (50%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Benn12:30

    xG 0.39–0.25 (61%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Eriksson – Neal10:31

    xG 0.38–0.28 (58%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Ott – Eriksson2:25

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Segal – Burish3:21

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Grossmann17:15

    xG 0.69–0.33 (68%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Fistric – Niskanen11:04

    xG 0.12–0.16 (44%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Woywitka – Daley19:09

    xG 0.19–0.66 (23%)attempts 10–18goals 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.

DAL 1.4 xGCGY 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #266 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 58% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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