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Mon, Apr 8, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Calgary Flames 3, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01021717334
COL08118014140

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:45COLBrad MaloneAssists: Tyson Barrie, Ryan O'Reilly · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:36CGYRoman CervenkaAssists: Mark Giordano, Roman Horak · Tip-in, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:53CGYMichael CammalleriGWGAssists: Roman Horak, Steve Begin · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:41CGYAlex TanguaySHAssists: Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 3:18COLDavid Jones: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:22COLPatrick Bordeleau: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 7:46COLGreg Zanon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P1 10:54CGYMatt Stajan: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 13:44CGYCory Sarich: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 13:44COLJan Hejda: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 13:44COLJan Hejda: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P1 13:44CGYCory Sarich: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 3:06COLDavid Van Der Gulik: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 8:26COLPatrick Bordeleau: Charging2 min
  11. P2 12:43CGYMikael Backlund: Holding2 min
  12. P3 4:12COLGabriel Landeskog: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 15:24CGYRoman Cervenka: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 17:39CGYRoman Cervenka: Hooking2 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 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Reinhart
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCOL
34Shots on goal40
2.6Expected goals2.7
56Shot attempts63
23Faceoffs won38
6Power plays4
15Penalty minutes19
12Hits26
14Blocked shots13
1Giveaways6
12Takeaways10

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. Jackman – Backlund – Cervenka3:18

    xG 0.13–0.09 (59%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Horak – Baertschi6:22

    xG 0.08–0.11 (42%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  3. Begin – Stajan – Glencross2:03

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Tanguay – Stempniak – Reinhart4:17

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Brodie4:09

    xG 0.35–0.07 (84%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Butler – Brodie7:24

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Wideman – Butler3:27

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMcGinn – Malone – O'Reilly3:42

    xG 0.11–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Van Der Gulik – Bordeleau – Olver2:20

    xG 0.08–0.02 (77%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Jones – McLeod3:22

    xG 0.10–0.21 (32%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Duchene – Landeskog12:36

    xG 0.47–0.66 (42%)attempts 19–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hejda – Elliott9:25

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Johnson13:02

    xG 0.32–0.39 (45%)attempts 12–10goals 0–1

  3. Zanon – Barrie12:43

    xG 0.45–0.71 (39%)attempts 17–13goals 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.

COL 2.7 xGCGY 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 50/100 · #346 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 51% of the time.

COL winsCGY wins

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

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