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Thu, Oct 24, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 1, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 86% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01019010129
DAL18315111534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:04DALAlex ChiassonAssists: Ray Whitney, Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.34 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:30CGYLee StempniakAssists: Matt Stajan, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:11DALAlex ChiassonGWGAssists: Ray Whitney · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:29DALJamie BennAssists: Rich Peverley, Kari Lehtonen · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 12:12DALBrenden DillonAssists: Shawn Horcoff · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–4
  6. P3 3:36DALJamie BennAssists: Alex Chiasson · Wrap-around, 0.16 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 16:41DALKevin Connauton: Holding2 min
  2. P2 13:48CGYChris Breen: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 13:48DALLane MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 1:25DALAlex Chiasson: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 10:58CGYTim Jackman: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 12:32CGYKarri Ramo: Interference2 min
  7. P3 15:23CGYShane O'Brien: Delaying game2 min
  8. P3 15:23CGYDavid Jones: Abuse of officials2 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
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
29Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals4.6
62Shot attempts68
31Faceoffs won33
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
23Hits20
10Blocked shots21
6Giveaways10
8Takeaways4

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 – Colborne – Bouma5:33

    xG 0.01–0.11 (7%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Stempniak – Glencross13:08

    xG 0.49–0.63 (44%)attempts 13–16goals 1–1

  3. Cammalleri – Hudler – Monahan10:36

    xG 0.25–0.43 (37%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  4. Jones – Galiardi – Backlund9:57

    xG 0.29–0.85 (25%)attempts 11–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestButler – Brodie13:23

    xG 0.62–0.50 (56%)attempts 16–17goals 0–2

  2. Wideman – Butler2:00

    xG 0.13–0.04 (79%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. O'Brien – Breen9:33

    xG 0.53–0.50 (51%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Horcoff – Nichushkin12:43

    xG 0.61–0.31 (66%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Chiasson – Eakin9:52

    xG 0.79–0.52 (60%)attempts 8–9goals 2–1

  3. Fiddler – Roussel – MacDermid5:52

    xG 0.23–0.02 (90%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Peverley – Benn – Seguin11:53

    xG 0.54–0.56 (49%)attempts 16–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Dillon17:39

    xG 1.11–0.38 (75%)attempts 26–15goals 3–0

  2. Gonchar – Connauton14:29

    xG 1.15–0.87 (57%)attempts 16–18goals 1–0

  3. Daley – Benn14:47

    xG 0.20–0.35 (37%)attempts 9–17goals 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.

DAL 4.6 xGCGY 2.0 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 29/100 · #809 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 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, Dallas Stars win this game 86% 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).