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Mon, Feb 14, 2011·Pepsi Center, Denver

Calgary Flames 9, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 82% of the time.

COL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY51307413933
COL071907123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:18CGYDavid MossAssists: Robyn Regehr, Olli Jokinen · Deflected, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:57CGYAnton BabchukPPGWGAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Olli Jokinen · Slap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 11:14CGYJarome IginlaAssists: Rene Bourque, Brendan Morrison · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–0
  4. P1 12:41CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Olli Jokinen, David Moss · Wrist, 0.12 xG4–0
  5. P1 17:01CGYOlli JokinenAssists: Curtis Glencross, David Moss · Backhand, 0.04 xG5–0
  6. P2 11:09COLDaniel WinnikPPAssists: Kevin Porter, Matt Hunwick · Deflected, 0.04 xG5–1
  7. P3 0:40CGYAlex TanguayAssists: Robyn Regehr, Brendan Morrison · Wrist, 0.12 xG6–1
  8. P3 2:57CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Tom Kostopoulos, David Moss · Wrist, 0.04 xG7–1
  9. P3 9:16CGYJarome IginlaAssists: Mikael Backlund, Steve Staios · Wrist, 0.15 xG8–1
  10. P3 18:55CGYMatt StajanSHAssists: Rene Bourque · Wrist, 0.11 xG9–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:56COLCody McLeod: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:50COLChris Stewart: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  3. P1 0:00COLPhilippe Dupuis: Kneeing5 min
  4. P1 0:00COLPhilippe Dupuis: Game misconduct10 min
  5. P2 9:12CGYMark Giordano: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P3 6:46CGYCory Sarich: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 11:16COLRyan Wilson: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 18:08CGYDavid Moss: Slashing2 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 SOG0COL
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCOL
33Shots on goal23
3.1Expected goals1.3
55Shot attempts42
35Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes21
8Hits23
12Blocked shots7
0Giveaways8
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. bestKostopoulos – Moss – Glencross2:12

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Kostopoulos – Hagman – Backlund3:40

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Hagman – Stajan – Bourque4:28

    xG 0.17–0.11 (62%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Moss – Glencross4:39

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 3–4goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Babchuk11:41

    xG 0.32–0.14 (69%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Staios – Regehr2:03

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Sarich – Giordano12:01

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – Yip – McLeod2:57

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Stastny – Stewart8:20

    xG 0.24–0.25 (49%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  3. Hejduk – Porter – Duchene3:57

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 4–5goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Hunwick2:25

    xG 0.11–0.04 (72%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Wilson – Shattenkirk2:15

    xG 0.01–0.02 (41%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Shattenkirk13:59

    xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 11–8goals 0–4

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.

COL 1.3 xGCGY 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1022 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 82% of the time.

COL winsCGY wins

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

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