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Sat, Mar 24, 2012·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY17014015136
DAL280626420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:37DALJamie BennAssists: Adam Burish, Adam Pardy · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:17DALMichael RyderGWGAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Kari Lehtonen · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 12:27CGYMichael CammalleriAssists: Anton Babchuk, Mark Giordano · Snap, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:27DALJamie BennAssists: Steve Ott, Trevor Daley · Snap, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:32DALBrenden MorrowENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 4:39DALTom Wandell: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 9:25CGYBlake Comeau: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:44CGYOlli Jokinen: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 1:03DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:49DALSheldon Souray: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 19:49DALSheldon Souray: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:49CGYMark Giordano: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 19:49CGYJarome Iginla: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:49DALMike Ribeiro: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 0:00CGYMichael Cammalleri: Slashing2 min
  11. P2 0:00DALAdam Burish: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 12:12DALAdam Burish: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 19:04CGYTom Kostopoulos: Roughing2 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 20:00Ribeiro won the faceoff against Jones
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
36Shots on goal20
3.8Expected goals2.2
70Shot attempts50
19Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
12Penalty minutes14
27Hits30
14Blocked shots13
4Giveaways6
1Takeaways11

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 – Tanguay – Cammalleri13:06

    xG 1.05–0.21 (83%)attempts 21–7goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Moss – Glencross10:05

    xG 0.49–0.30 (62%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Stempniak – Comeau6:42

    xG 0.25–0.11 (70%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Cammalleri – Comeau – Jones2:26

    xG 0.07–0.07 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Giordano16:30

    xG 0.93–0.38 (71%)attempts 19–17goals 0–2

  2. Bouwmeester – Butler15:41

    xG 0.54–0.20 (73%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Babchuk – Wilson8:34

    xG 0.61–0.43 (59%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFiddler – Burish – Nystrom4:06

    xG 0.19–0.07 (74%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Wandell – Vincour3:00

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Benn – Vincour3:25

    xG 0.11–0.15 (41%)attempts 2–7goals 1–0

  4. Ribeiro – Ryder – Eriksson12:12

    xG 0.28–0.33 (45%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Pardy12:50

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  2. Daley – Larsen2:00

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Souray – Robidas13:26

    xG 0.31–0.58 (35%)attempts 10–13goals 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 2.2 xGCGY 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #872 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 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 75% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

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

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