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Thu, Oct 13, 2011·Centre Bell, Montreal

Calgary Flames 4, Montréal Canadiens 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 51% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY3131701421
MTL110014012136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:47MTLAndrei KostitsynAssists: Max Pacioretty · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:15CGYRene BourquePPAssists: Alex Tanguay, Chris Butler · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:38CGYNiklas HagmanPPGWGAssists: Olli Jokinen, Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P1 14:54CGYDavid MossAssists: Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:23CGYRene BourqueAssists: Matt Stajan, Chris Butler · Wrist, 0.32 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:09CGYDavid Moss: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 5:49MTLMathieu Darche: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 7:53MTLBrian Gionta: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 10:15MTLBrian Gionta: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:00CGYOlli Jokinen: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 17:39CGYOlli Jokinen: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 0:22MTLHal Gill: Holding2 min
  8. P3 9:56CGYNiklas Hagman: High sticking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MTL
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackMTL attack →
  1. Press play, or drag along the timeline.
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMTL
21Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals2.2
46Shot attempts69
28Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
15Hits32
24Blocked shots18
11Giveaways13
7Takeaways6

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. bestHagman – Stajan – Bourque10:34

    xG 0.78–0.09 (90%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  2. Iginla – Tanguay – Moss8:20

    xG 0.63–0.20 (76%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Horak6:43

    xG 0.03–0.07 (30%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Stempniak – Glencross10:15

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Butler16:08

    xG 1.30–0.51 (72%)attempts 20–13goals 2–0

  2. Sarich – Smith10:44

    xG 0.29–0.35 (45%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  3. Hannan – Giordano15:39

    xG 0.14–0.42 (25%)attempts 8–19goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestKostitsyn – Desharnais – Pacioretty3:31

    xG 0.29–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Gomez – Gionta – Moen3:34

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Kostitsyn – Desharnais – Eller2:24

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Darche – Palushaj – Engqvist4:31

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Diaz5:47

    xG 0.30–0.14 (68%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Emelin – Subban2:41

    xG 0.17–0.02 (91%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Gorges – Subban6:35

    xG 0.14–0.05 (75%)attempts 6–5goals 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.

MTL 2.2 xGCGY 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 32/100 · #816 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 51% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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