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Fri, Dec 30, 2011·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Calgary Flames 3, Ottawa Senators 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 76% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY3150701000332
OTT01521411218449

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:23CGYRene BourqueUnassisted · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:25CGYCurtis GlencrossPPAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Jarome Iginla · Snap, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:49CGYChris ButlerAssists: Anton Babchuk, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–0
  4. P2 3:34OTTNick FolignoAssists: Sergei Gonchar · Backhand, 0.13 xG3–1
  5. P2 12:01OTTZack SmithAssists: Brian Lee, Chris Phillips · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:28OTTErik KarlssonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:31OTTDaniel AlfredssonPPGWGAssists: Erik Karlsson, Chris Neil · Slap, 0.05 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:46OTTChris Neil: Fighting5 min · PPG
  2. P1 1:46CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:05OTTNick Foligno: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P1 16:37OTTZenon Konopka: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 5:24OTTBrian Lee: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 14:59CGYJay Bouwmeester: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:46CGYCory Sarich: Interference2 min
  8. P3 16:32CGYJay Bouwmeester: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 16:32OTTMilan Michalek: Roughing2 min
  10. OT 2:20CGYRene Bourque: Holding2 min · PPG

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
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYOTT
32Shots on goal49
2.5Expected goals4.2
47Shot attempts93
26Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
27Hits22
20Blocked shots13
10Giveaways17
9Takeaways11

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. bestIginla – Jokinen – Glencross12:44

    xG 1.05–0.55 (65%)attempts 16–22goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Byron – Horak5:36

    xG 0.06–0.01 (83%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Jokinen – Byron2:14

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  4. Morrison – Kostopoulos – Jackman7:16

    xG 0.10–0.55 (16%)attempts 1–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Hannan – Babchuk13:38

    xG 0.13–0.56 (18%)attempts 4–18goals 1–2

  2. Bouwmeester – Butler17:08

    xG 0.79–1.30 (38%)attempts 11–32goals 0–1

  3. Sarich – Brodie10:33

    xG 0.33–0.89 (27%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Condra – Turris11:08

    xG 1.39–0.14 (91%)attempts 17–4goals 1–1

  2. Neil – Konopka – Daugavins8:12

    xG 0.30–0.28 (52%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Foligno – Smith – Butler7:17

    xG 0.11–0.11 (50%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Michalek – Greening13:47

    xG 0.59–0.85 (41%)attempts 25–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Cowen14:05

    xG 1.26–0.46 (73%)attempts 15–8goals 1–1

  2. Kuba – Karlsson16:24

    xG 1.04–0.77 (57%)attempts 31–13goals 1–0

  3. Phillips – Lee10:18

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

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 4.2 xGCGY 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 89/100 · #114 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.86 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 76% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

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

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