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Mon, Nov 21, 2011·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Calgary Flames 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 91% of the time.

CBJ winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01111403128
CBJ21019111430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:01CBJJeff CarterAssists: Vinny Prospal, Nikita Nikitin · Snap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:45CBJAntoine VermetteGWGAssists: Derek Dorsett, Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–2
  3. P2 5:28CBJJeff CarterPPAssists: Vinny Prospal, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.58 xG0–3
  4. P2 9:07CGYMark GiordanoPPAssists: Alex Tanguay, Rene Bourque · Snap, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:29CBJRick NashENAssists: Vinny Prospal · Wrist, 0.66 xG1–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 3:54CGYTJ Brodie: Illegal check to head2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:45CGYAlex Tanguay: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 7:58CBJMarc Methot: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:19CGYCory Sarich: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 18:11CBJR.J. Umberger: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carter won the faceoff against Iginla
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCBJ
28Shots on goal30
1.6Expected goals4.4
44Shot attempts47
22Faceoffs won35
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
24Hits28
11Blocked shots11
2Giveaways1
1Takeaways3

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 – Jackman – Stajan8:15

    xG 0.49–0.18 (73%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Stempniak – Byron – Horak6:00

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Glencross – Bourque10:28

    xG 0.13–0.07 (64%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Stempniak3:03

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Brodie11:09

    xG 0.32–0.17 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Giordano13:52

    xG 0.98–0.88 (53%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  3. Bouwmeester – Butler14:44

    xG 0.16–0.19 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestPahlsson – Vermette – Dorsett12:10

    xG 0.89–0.45 (66%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Umberger – Letestu – Johansen10:45

    xG 0.30–0.10 (75%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. MacKenzie – Bass – Boll7:44

    xG 0.21–0.08 (72%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Prospal – Nash – Carter13:43

    xG 0.26–0.79 (25%)attempts 11–18goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Nikitin19:55

    xG 0.96–0.46 (68%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Clitsome – Moore10:46

    xG 0.49–0.07 (87%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  3. Wisniewski – Nikitin3:00

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

CBJ 4.4 xGCGY 1.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #915 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CBJ 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, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 91% of the time.

CBJ winsCGY wins

Simulated goal difference (CBJ − 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).