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Thu, Feb 28, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Calgary Flames 4, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 79% of the time.

COL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY3111705423
COL08215313536

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:28CGYJay BouwmeesterAssists: Sven Baertschi, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:01CGYMichael CammalleriAssists: Lee Stempniak, Steve Begin · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:06CGYJarome IginlaAssists: Matt Stajan, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P2 5:11COLRyan O'ByrneAssists: Matt Duchene, PA Parenteau · Slap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P2 9:54COLDavid JonesAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.19 xG3–2
  6. P2 13:16CGYJarome IginlaPPAssists: Jiri Hudler, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.26 xG4–2
  7. P3 0:23COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Jan Hejda · Wrist, 0.16 xG4–3
  8. P3 6:34COLPaul StastnyAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, David Jones · Deflected, 0.24 xG4–4
  9. P3 10:52COLMatt DucheneGWGAssists: Jamie McGinn, PA Parenteau · Wrist, 0.25 xG4–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:11CGYJarome Iginla: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 13:43COLJan Hejda: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 0:23CGYMark Giordano: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 5:30COLRyan O'Byrne: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 12:38COLPatrick Bordeleau: Charging2 min · PPG
  6. P2 18:02CGYDerek Smith: Holding2 min
  7. P3 2:45CGYJay Bouwmeester: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 12:48COLShane O'Brien: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 15:16COLShane O'Brien: Holding the stick2 min
  10. P3 19:42CGYRoman Cervenka: High sticking2 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 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCOL
23Shots on goal36
2.1Expected goals4.0
56Shot attempts63
33Faceoffs won42
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
9Hits23
16Blocked shots20
7Giveaways8
4Takeaways10

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. bestBegin – Comeau – Aliu4:18

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Baertschi – Cervenka6:53

    xG 0.22–0.61 (26%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Glencross10:35

    xG 0.28–0.82 (25%)attempts 6–15goals 0–3

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Stajan11:05

    xG 0.10–0.74 (12%)attempts 7–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestButler – Smith6:00

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Brodie2:32

    xG 0.13–0.05 (72%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Brodie9:42

    xG 0.36–0.55 (40%)attempts 11–10goals 1–2

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Stastny – Landeskog6:10

    xG 1.03–0.05 (96%)attempts 11–6goals 3–0

  2. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene10:37

    xG 0.62–0.26 (70%)attempts 12–5goals 2–1

  3. Hejduk – Mitchell – McLeod3:36

    xG 0.10–0.13 (44%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Hejduk – Stastny – Landeskog3:57

    xG 0.07–0.10 (41%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Barrie11:19

    xG 0.71–0.29 (71%)attempts 15–9goals 2–2

  2. O'Byrne – Hunwick11:20

    xG 0.52–0.46 (53%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Zanon – O'Brien8:46

    xG 0.11–0.33 (25%)attempts 5–6goals 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.

COL 4.0 xGCGY 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #15 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.34 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 79% of the time.

COL winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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