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Thu, Feb 16, 2012·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 2, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

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

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY190511300227
DAL1911201011332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:42DALAdam BurishAssists: Jake Dowell, Tom Wandell · Snap, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:07CGYJarome IginlaAssists: Alex Tanguay, Olli Jokinen · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:43DALSteve OttPPAssists: Mike Ribeiro · Slap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:57CGYMichael CammalleriAssists: Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:01DALMike RibeiroGWGAssists: Michael Ryder, Trevor Daley · Slap, 0.06 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P2 9:44DALMark Fistric: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 9:44CGYTim Jackman: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 9:44CGYTim Jackman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 9:44DALMark Fistric: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 14:11DALMike Ribeiro: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 16:04CGYOlli Jokinen: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 10:33DALTrevor Daley: Delaying game2 min
  8. P3 12:47DALSteve Ott: Charging2 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 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
27Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals1.9
48Shot attempts70
28Faceoffs won34
3Power plays1
6Penalty minutes10
23Hits29
21Blocked shots13
6Giveaways6
2Takeaways9

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. bestKolanos – Bouma – Horak3:19

    xG 0.38–0.31 (55%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  2. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Stajan2:18

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Stajan – Byron5:49

    xG 0.10–0.12 (46%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Kostopoulos – Cammalleri – Comeau10:20

    xG 0.12–0.38 (24%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Butler21:32

    xG 0.53–0.41 (56%)attempts 16–26goals 1–0

  2. Hannan – Giordano17:09

    xG 0.00–0.30 (0%)attempts 2–20goals 0–0

  3. Sarich – Brodie10:39

    xG 0.52–0.89 (37%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Burish – Wandell4:57

    xG 0.22–0.06 (79%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Burish – Dowell – Wandell4:35

    xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  3. Ribeiro – Ryder – Eriksson13:40

    xG 0.37–0.24 (61%)attempts 18–11goals 0–0

  4. Dvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom11:08

    xG 0.13–0.03 (80%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Goligoski17:12

    xG 0.63–0.24 (73%)attempts 21–8goals 0–1

  2. Daley – Fistric17:03

    xG 0.65–0.48 (57%)attempts 23–16goals 1–0

  3. Pardy – Larsen13:44

    xG 0.13–0.24 (34%)attempts 12–5goals 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.

DAL 1.9 xGCGY 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 57/100 · #493 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 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.

DAL winsCGY wins

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

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