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Fri, Mar 9, 2012·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Winnipeg Jets 3, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 68% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG216012117345
CGY3141914527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:54CGYMark GiordanoPPAssists: Olli Jokinen, Alex Tanguay · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:47CGYJarome IginlaPPAssists: Olli Jokinen, Mark Giordano · Deflected, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:51CGYMatt StajanAssists: Jarome Iginla, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.34 xG0–3
  4. P1 17:31WPGEvander KaneAssists: Bryan Little, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–3
  5. P1 19:33WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Grant Clitsome, Mark Stuart · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P2 12:53CGYAlex TanguayGWGAssists: Jarome Iginla, Matt Stajan · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–4
  7. P3 11:28CGYCurtis GlencrossPPAssists: Alex Tanguay, Olli Jokinen · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–5
  8. P3 13:48WPGToby EnstromAssists: Jim Slater, Dustin Byfuglien · Slap, 0.02 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 3:27WPGMark Flood: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:02WPGTanner Glass: Boarding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 15:20WPGNik Antropov: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 15:20CGYCurtis Glencross: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 5:56CGYSven Baertschi: Charging2 min
  6. P3 10:30WPGAndrew Ladd: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 14:14CGYMark Giordano: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCGY
45Shots on goal27
4.6Expected goals3.3
76Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won39
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits17
13Blocked shots9
9Giveaways9
6Takeaways16

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWellwood – Kane – Burmistrov9:05

    xG 0.74–0.26 (74%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Wheeler – Little15:03

    xG 0.78–0.35 (69%)attempts 22–9goals 1–0

  3. Antropov – Wellwood – Kane2:07

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Antropov – Stapleton – Kane2:21

    xG 0.04–0.07 (35%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien16:46

    xG 1.28–0.26 (83%)attempts 21–12goals 2–0

  2. Stuart – Jones8:34

    xG 0.62–0.52 (54%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

  3. Hainsey – Clitsome14:24

    xG 0.87–0.94 (48%)attempts 16–13goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Tanguay – Stajan14:44

    xG 1.71–0.99 (63%)attempts 18–14goals 2–1

  2. Jokinen – Moss – Glencross12:03

    xG 0.39–0.56 (41%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Nemisz – Baertschi5:10

    xG 0.05–0.30 (13%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Kolanos – Desbiens – Horak5:40

    xG 0.08–0.43 (16%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Smith13:56

    xG 0.88–0.66 (57%)attempts 8–21goals 0–1

  2. Sarich – Bouwmeester2:03

    xG 0.08–0.11 (41%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Giordano15:41

    xG 0.56–0.60 (48%)attempts 13–15goals 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.

CGY 3.3 xGWPG 4.6 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 76/100 · #265 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 68% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

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

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