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Mon, Mar 18, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 3, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 74% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY052915319
DAL3120616424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:07DALErik ColeAssists: Jordie Benn, Jamie Oleksiak · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:49DALEric NystromAssists: Antoine Roussel, Kari Lehtonen · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 18:11DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Ray Whitney, Derek Roy · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–3
  4. P2 11:30CGYJiri HudlerPPAssists: TJ Brodie, Michael Cammalleri · Deflected, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P2 14:35CGYJay BouwmeesterPPAssists: Curtis Glencross, Lee Stempniak · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 12:06DALLoui ErikssonGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–4
  7. P3 15:14CGYAlex TanguayAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Jarome Iginla · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 6:15DALAntoine Roussel: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:24CGYDennis Wideman: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  3. P1 9:20CGYJiri Hudler: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 16:32CGYJarome Iginla: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:32DALCody Eakin: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 8:11CGYChris Butler: Interference2 min
  7. P2 11:17CGYDennis Wideman: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 11:17DALCody Eakin: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 11:17DALCody Eakin: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 13:05DALJordie Benn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 1:41CGYJay Bouwmeester: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 4:32DALEric Nystrom: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stajan won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
19Shots on goal24
2.3Expected goals3.7
53Shot attempts52
30Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
13Penalty minutes15
13Hits30
14Blocked shots20
10Giveaways13
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. Iginla – Tanguay – Cammalleri12:04

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Stajan – Stempniak – Glencross12:40

    xG 0.30–0.61 (33%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Hudler – Comeau – Backlund10:30

    xG 0.31–0.87 (26%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Butler2:43

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Butler5:07

    xG 0.15–0.12 (56%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Butler – Smith2:35

    xG 0.06–0.21 (23%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFiddler – Nystrom – Roussel7:46

    xG 1.12–0.09 (92%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Eriksson – Benn9:22

    xG 0.96–0.10 (90%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Jagr – Whitney – Benn2:51

    xG 0.04–0.11 (24%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Cole – Roy6:15

    xG 0.15–0.24 (38%)attempts 5–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Goligoski17:32

    xG 1.96–0.20 (91%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Robidas – Dillon19:09

    xG 0.63–0.46 (58%)attempts 15–16goals 2–1

  3. Benn – Oleksiak6:22

    xG 0.35–0.31 (53%)attempts 7–6goals 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.

DAL 3.7 xGCGY 2.3 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 70/100 · #231 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 74% 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).