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Thu, Dec 19, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Calgary Flames 2, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 64% of the time.

DET winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY16190700222
DET11511101012338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:26DETDaniel AlfredssonAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall · Snap, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:11CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Michael Cammalleri, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:38DETJoakim AnderssonAssists: Daniel Alfredsson, Pavel Datsyuk · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 15:53CGYMark GiordanoPPAssists: Curtis Glencross, Michael Cammalleri · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:03DETDaniel AlfredssonPPGWGAssists: Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall · Slap, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:41CGYJiri Hudler: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:46CGYLee Stempniak: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:19DETJoakim Andersson: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 12:02CGYLadislav Smid: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 13:28DETTomas Jurco: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:46DETBrendan Smith: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 15:21DETJonathan Ericsson: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 9:10DETJoakim Andersson: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:18CGYTJ Brodie: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0DET
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stajan won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDET
22Shots on goal38
2.1Expected goals2.8
36Shot attempts67
27Faceoffs won37
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
23Hits29
15Blocked shots11
5Giveaways9
4Takeaways5

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. bestCammalleri – Jones – Backlund12:54

    xG 0.39–0.30 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Hudler – Byron – Colborne4:03

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

  3. McGrattan – Colborne – Bouma2:43

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Stempniak – Glencross12:11

    xG 0.16–0.30 (35%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Brodie16:14

    xG 0.50–0.34 (59%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  2. O'Brien – Butler10:38

    xG 0.09–0.28 (24%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Smid15:46

    xG 0.09–0.42 (18%)attempts 7–17goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestBertuzzi – Datsyuk – Tatar6:21

    xG 0.23–0.07 (77%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Andersson – Tatar5:18

    xG 0.16–0.04 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Alfredsson – Miller – Andersson7:23

    xG 0.22–0.17 (57%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Tootoo – Sheahan – Jurco4:47

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKindl – Lashoff12:35

    xG 0.47–0.08 (86%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson11:48

    xG 0.60–0.33 (64%)attempts 18–6goals 2–1

  3. Ericsson – Quincey3:15

    xG 0.08–0.02 (79%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

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.

DET 2.8 xGCGY 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 67/100 · #327 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 64% of the time.

DET winsCGY wins

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

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