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Thu, Feb 7, 2013·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Calgary Flames 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 (OT)

Expected result

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

CBJ winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY181131811430
CBJ212081702329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:19CGYRoman CervenkaAssists: Dennis Wideman, Jiri Hudler · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:44CBJMatt CalvertAssists: Vinny Prospal, Tim Erixon · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 9:37CBJMark LetestuPPAssists: Derick Brassard, Jack Johnson · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 13:06CGYMikael BacklundAssists: TJ Brodie, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:33CGYLee StempniakPPAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Leland Irving · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:00CBJVinny ProspalAssists: Mark Letestu · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:07CGYAlex TanguayGWGAssists: Jarome Iginla, TJ Brodie · Slap, 0.05 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:52CGYAlex Tanguay: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 11:01CBJDerek MacKenzie: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:41CBJJack Johnson: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 15:56CGYLee Stempniak: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 2:23CBJJared Boll: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:27CGYJay Bouwmeester: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 6:37CBJDerick Brassard: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:10CGYLee Stempniak: Interference2 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 SOG0CBJ
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Anisimov won the faceoff against Iginla
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCBJ
30Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals2.1
54Shot attempts42
31Faceoffs won38
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
19Hits22
7Blocked shots13
2Giveaways5
3Takeaways6

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. bestHudler – Backlund – Cervenka2:18

    xG 0.55–0.05 (91%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Iginla – Tanguay – Glencross13:19

    xG 0.35–0.16 (69%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Hudler – Cervenka5:07

    xG 0.25–0.08 (76%)attempts 5–2goals 1–1

  4. Stajan – Stempniak – Comeau5:55

    xG 0.05–0.02 (71%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Brodie15:03

    xG 0.89–0.09 (91%)attempts 19–5goals 2–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Giordano19:02

    xG 0.60–0.39 (60%)attempts 16–11goals 0–2

  3. Butler – Smith10:04

    xG 0.36–0.43 (45%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestProspal – Letestu – Calvert9:50

    xG 0.50–0.36 (58%)attempts 5–10goals 2–0

  2. MacKenzie – Boll – Gillies6:13

    xG 0.08–0.15 (34%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Dubinsky – Foligno – Brassard8:36

    xG 0.07–0.48 (12%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

  4. Umberger – Dorsett – Anisimov13:29

    xG 0.12–0.84 (13%)attempts 6–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Erixon7:32

    xG 0.54–0.16 (77%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  2. Nikitin – Johnson2:32

    xG 0.02–0.22 (8%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Nikitin17:46

    xG 0.27–0.69 (28%)attempts 12–16goals 0–1

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.

CBJ 2.1 xGCGY 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 92/100 · #65 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.55 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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.

CBJ winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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