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Fri, Jan 14, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Calgary Flames 3, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 55% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0831206326
OTT01407214235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:32CGYDavid MossAssists: Rene Bourque, Anton Babchuk · Tip-in, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:55CGYDavid MossAssists: Tim Jackman, Anton Babchuk · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:43CGYAles KotalikPPGWGAssists: Jarome Iginla, Olli Jokinen · Snap, 0.03 xG3–0
  4. P3 8:56OTTNick FolignoUnassisted · Snap, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:02OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Nick Foligno, Erik Karlsson · Snap, 0.18 xG3–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:56CGYDavid Moss: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 9:49CGYRene Bourque: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:24OTTMatt Carkner: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:04CGYJay Bouwmeester: Holding2 min
  5. P2 12:56OTTChris Neil: Interference2 min
  6. P2 15:19CGYAdam Pardy: Interference2 min
  7. P2 17:25CGYAnton Babchuk: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 19:39OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 19:39OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 19:39CGYAdam Pardy: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 4:21OTTMatt Carkner: Boarding2 min
  12. P3 19:58OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 19:58OTTDaniel Alfredsson: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 19:58CGYCurtis Glencross: Roughing2 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 SOG0OTT
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against Fisher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYOTT
26Shots on goal35
2.3Expected goals2.1
43Shot attempts59
29Faceoffs won34
5Power plays5
14Penalty minutes14
26Hits31
15Blocked shots9
6Giveaways14
8Takeaways11

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 – Jackman – Moss3:45

    xG 0.16–0.03 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Kotalik – Bourque – Backlund5:11

    xG 0.05–0.11 (34%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Jokinen – Tanguay9:09

    xG 0.34–0.53 (39%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  4. Hagman – Stajan – Glencross8:55

    xG 0.01–0.36 (3%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBabchuk – Mikkelson6:19

    xG 0.28–0.02 (93%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Pardy15:40

    xG 0.88–0.64 (58%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Giordano13:35

    xG 0.11–0.57 (16%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Michalek – Winchester4:52

    xG 0.36–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Ruutu – Neil – Kelly5:50

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  3. Fisher – Shannon – Foligno2:31

    xG 0.07–0.10 (42%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  4. Regin – Smith – Winchester5:45

    xG 0.02–0.08 (20%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Lee10:00

    xG 0.48–0.34 (59%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  2. Gonchar – Phillips2:03

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Kuba – Carkner9:26

    xG 0.35–0.36 (50%)attempts 8–9goals 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.

OTT 2.1 xGCGY 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #463 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50OTT 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 55% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

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

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