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Sat, Feb 8, 2014·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Calgary Flames 1, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 74% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY08011114133
PHI0111418223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:04PHIBrayden SchennAssists: Wayne Simmonds, Andrej Meszaros · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:04PHIScott HartnellGWGAssists: Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek · Slap, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P3 17:34CGYMatt StajanAssists: TJ Galiardi, Joe Colborne · Snap, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 5:06CGYKris Russell: Holding2 min
  2. P2 10:06PHINicklas Grossmann: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 18:11CGYBrian McGrattan: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  4. P2 18:11PHIZac Rinaldo: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P3 10:23CGYMikael Backlund: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 12:17PHIBraydon Coburn: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0PHI
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Galiardi won the faceoff against Giroux
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYPHI
33Shots on goal23
3.0Expected goals1.7
69Shot attempts43
19Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
27Hits25
12Blocked shots18
6Giveaways8
3Takeaways6

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 – Colborne – Monahan6:48

    xG 0.67–0.26 (72%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  2. Cammalleri – Stajan – Jones3:49

    xG 0.05–0.03 (64%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Jones – Bouma6:48

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. McGrattan – Westgarth – Galiardi3:09

    xG 0.08–0.21 (27%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie12:51

    xG 0.95–0.15 (86%)attempts 19–8goals 0–1

  2. Wideman – Brodie3:55

    xG 0.57–0.04 (93%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Butler12:25

    xG 0.60–0.45 (57%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLecavalier – Simmonds – Schenn12:26

    xG 0.74–0.45 (62%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  2. Hall – Rinaldo – Raffl9:25

    xG 0.25–0.25 (50%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  3. Downie – Read – Couturier11:02

    xG 0.46–0.50 (48%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  4. Hartnell – Giroux – Voracek9:43

    xG 0.13–0.87 (13%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTimonen – Coburn10:22

    xG 0.55–0.34 (62%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  2. Streit – Grossmann9:28

    xG 0.51–0.45 (54%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  3. Streit – Meszaros2:06

    xG 0.01–0.03 (24%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

PHI 1.7 xGCGY 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #1062 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50PHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 74% of the time.

PHI winsCGY wins

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

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