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Thu, Mar 15, 2012·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Phoenix Coyotes 1, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

CGY winsPHX wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHX0915014128
CGY192614419

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:17CGYSven BaertschiUnassisted · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:16CGYJarome IginlaGWGAssists: Mark Giordano, Scott Hannan · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:37PHXOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Ray Whitney, Rostislav Klesla · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 18:10CGYMatt StajanAssists: Cory Sarich · Deflected, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:56CGYAlex TanguaySHAssists: Curtis Glencross · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:49PHXShane Doan: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 14:54PHXPaul Bissonnette: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:54CGYGuillaume Desbiens: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:01CGYOlli Jokinen: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:53CGYOlli Jokinen: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 11:56PHXMichal Rozsival: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 13:15CGYSven Baertschi: Too many men on the ice2 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.

PHX00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHXCGY
28Shots on goal19
1.9Expected goals2.0
54Shot attempts35
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
18Hits25
8Blocked shots19
7Giveaways7
6Takeaways8

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.

Phoenix Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Doan – Vermette7:46

    xG 0.38–0.14 (73%)attempts 11–3goals 1–1

  2. Langkow – Doan – Torres5:24

    xG 0.21–0.05 (82%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Vermette – Brule4:01

    xG 0.19–0.11 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Pouliot – Brule – Boedker3:18

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlesla – Ekman-Larsson14:40

    xG 0.47–0.14 (78%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Rozsival – Yandle14:11

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  3. Morris – Schlemko15:58

    xG 0.24–0.92 (20%)attempts 13–16goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKostopoulos – Nemisz – Baertschi7:02

    xG 0.39–0.06 (86%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Moss – Glencross7:20

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Kostopoulos – Comeau – Horak2:25

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Desbiens – Comeau – Horak6:32

    xG 0.02–0.04 (29%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Giordano15:57

    xG 0.58–0.42 (58%)attempts 10–13goals 2–0

  2. Babchuk – Smith9:38

    xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Sarich – Bouwmeester18:15

    xG 0.21–0.46 (31%)attempts 3–18goals 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.

CGY 2.0 xGPHX 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYPHX

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 PHX. Dots are goals.

Excitement 25/100 · #892 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
PHX 100%5050%50CGY 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, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

CGY winsPHX wins

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

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