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Mon, Mar 26, 2012·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Dallas Stars 4, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 57% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL117210112439
CGY11341705535

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:26DALJamie BennAssists: Steve Ott · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:53CGYOlli JokinenPPAssists: Lee Stempniak, Curtis Glencross · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:44DALJamie BennAssists: Adam Burish, Adam Pardy · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:16CGYBlake ComeauUnassisted · Slap, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 10:01CGYMichael CammalleriAssists: Jarome Iginla, Anton Babchuk · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:29DALMike RibeiroAssists: Michael Ryder, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–3
  7. P2 16:58CGYMark GiordanoPPAssists: Jarome Iginla, Michael Cammalleri · Slap, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P2 19:32CGYAlex TanguayPPGWGAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Mark Giordano · Snap, 0.12 xG3–5
  9. P3 5:24DALPhilip LarsenAssists: Sheldon Souray, Steve Ott · Backhand, 0.27 xG4–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 5:51DALTrevor Daley: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:42CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:17CGYChris Butler: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 17:28DALStephane Robidas: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 2:16DALSheldon Souray: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 3:43CGYMichael Cammalleri: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 4:40DALMike Ribeiro: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 10:30DALAdam Burish: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 10:30CGYScott Hannan: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 13:37CGYLee Stempniak: Slashing2 min
  11. P2 13:37DALAdam Pardy: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 14:59DALStephane Robidas: Tripping2 min · PPG
  13. P2 18:33DALSteve Ott: Tripping2 min · PPG
  14. P3 3:52CGYMark Giordano: Holding2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCGY
39Shots on goal35
2.8Expected goals2.4
59Shot attempts66
30Faceoffs won34
4Power plays6
16Penalty minutes12
17Hits12
18Blocked shots10
7Giveaways11
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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Burish – Benn8:03

    xG 0.37–0.20 (65%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  2. Morrow – Fiddler – Vincour5:40

    xG 0.01–0.13 (6%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Ribeiro – Ryder – Eriksson12:36

    xG 0.21–0.81 (21%)attempts 10–20goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Larsen7:25

    xG 0.41–0.33 (56%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Souray – Robidas11:18

    xG 0.43–0.41 (51%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Pardy10:53

    xG 0.24–0.45 (35%)attempts 11–12goals 2–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Tanguay – Cammalleri10:28

    xG 0.48–0.24 (66%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Jones5:19

    xG 0.14–0.07 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Moss – Glencross8:06

    xG 0.23–0.18 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 0–2

  4. Stajan – Stempniak – Comeau10:56

    xG 0.37–0.56 (40%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBouwmeester – Butler16:44

    xG 0.64–0.44 (60%)attempts 23–21goals 0–0

  2. Babchuk – Wilson8:01

    xG 0.30–0.26 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Hannan – Giordano11:30

    xG 0.36–0.44 (45%)attempts 8–11goals 1–2

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 2.4 xGDAL 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 93/100 · #62 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.30 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 57% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

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

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