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Sun, Feb 27, 2011·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

St. Louis Blues 0, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 59% of the time.

CGY winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL01003014027
CGY060915120

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 5:39CGYDavid MossGWGAssists: Alex Tanguay · Snap, 0.07 xG0–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:03STLB.J. Crombeen: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 0:00CGYJay Bouwmeester: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:27STLBarret Jackman: Interference2 min
  4. P2 10:32STLMatt D'Agostini: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:40CGYCurtis Glencross: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 14:56CGYCory Sarich: Holding2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLCGY
27Shots on goal20
1.5Expected goals1.9
51Shot attempts55
21Faceoffs won28
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits22
24Blocked shots12
9Giveaways14
14Takeaways13

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSteen – Crombeen – D'Agostini3:15

    xG 0.09–0.02 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. McDonald – Boyes – Backes8:02

    xG 0.12–0.12 (49%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Oshie – Stewart – Berglund11:57

    xG 0.48–0.53 (47%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestColaiacovo – Shattenkirk2:00

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Colaiacovo – Strachan9:36

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Shattenkirk – Pietrangelo14:16

    xG 0.27–0.32 (46%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestJackman – Stajan – Bourque5:43

    xG 0.23–0.08 (76%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Moss – Glencross4:49

    xG 0.12–0.04 (74%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Hagman – Backlund3:55

    xG 0.06–0.04 (62%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Morrison – Iginla – Tanguay5:05

    xG 0.02–0.13 (14%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Giordano2:04

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Regehr2:06

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – Bouwmeester15:42

    xG 0.19–0.19 (50%)attempts 9–11goals 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 1.9 xGSTL 1.5 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1082 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 59% of the time.

CGY winsSTL wins

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

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