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Thu, Mar 1, 2012·Jobing.com Arena, Glendale

Calgary Flames 4, Phoenix Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 82% of the time.

PHX winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY31106114431
PHX0721509231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:09CGYMichael CammalleriAssists: Alex Tanguay, Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:00CGYCurtis GlencrossSHAssists: Mark Giordano, Scott Hannan · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 17:23CGYOlli JokinenGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P2 1:27PHXRaffi TorresPPAssists: Keith Yandle, Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Tip-in, 0.18 xG3–1
  5. P2 3:48PHXMichal RozsivalAssists: Martin Hanzal, Radim Vrbata · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:13CGYJarome IginlaENAssists: Matt Stajan, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 9:50CGYTim Jackman: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 15:20CGYTJ Brodie: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:41CGYOlli Jokinen: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:29CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:21CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 9:21PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 10:11PHXMike Smith: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  8. P2 15:10CGYCurtis Glencross: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P2 17:31CGYCory Sarich: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 17:49PHXAntoine Vermette: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 0:00PHXKeith Yandle: Hooking2 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 SOG0PHX
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackPHX attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Cammalleri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYPHX
31Shots on goal31
3.5Expected goals1.6
57Shot attempts63
25Faceoffs won41
2Power plays6
17Penalty minutes11
38Hits23
22Blocked shots16
4Giveaways8
4Takeaways5

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. bestJackman – Bouma – Horak4:33

    xG 0.60–0.04 (94%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Moss – Glencross6:43

    xG 0.44–0.09 (84%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Tanguay – Cammalleri11:52

    xG 0.65–0.36 (64%)attempts 10–17goals 1–1

  4. Kostopoulos – Stajan – Comeau8:34

    xG 0.38–0.33 (54%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Giordano13:16

    xG 1.58–0.22 (88%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Brodie11:39

    xG 0.38–0.07 (84%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Bouwmeester3:35

    xG 0.06–0.06 (50%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Vrbata – Hanzal11:27

    xG 0.33–0.20 (63%)attempts 17–9goals 1–0

  2. Langkow – Doan – Torres2:21

    xG 0.01–0.02 (28%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Langkow – Torres – Bissonnette5:17

    xG 0.17–0.26 (39%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  4. Doan – Vermette – Boedker7:26

    xG 0.05–0.50 (9%)attempts 2–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Yandle – Stone3:24

    xG 0.07–0.17 (30%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Aucoin – Ekman-Larsson3:13

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  3. Rozsival – Ekman-Larsson12:06

    xG 0.38–0.58 (40%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

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.

PHX 1.6 xGCGY 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHXCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #412 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50PHX 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 82% of the time.

PHX winsCGY wins

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

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

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