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Wed, Mar 12, 2014·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Anaheim Ducks 2, Calgary Flames 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 65% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA071817222
CGY4821017725

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:39CGYMark GiordanoAssists: TJ Brodie · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:10CGYTJ GaliardiSHAssists: Paul Byron, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P1 11:28CGYMichael CammalleriPPGWGAssists: Mikael Backlund, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–3
  4. P1 13:28CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Lance Bouma, Joni Ortio · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–4
  5. P2 1:31CGYMikael BacklundSHAssists: Kris Russell · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–5
  6. P2 11:30ANAAndrew CoglianoAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Francois Beauchemin · Snap, 0.21 xG1–5
  7. P2 18:49CGYLadislav SmidAssists: Paul Byron, Lance Bouma · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–6
  8. P3 7:45ANANick BoninoAssists: Cam Fowler, Luca Sbisa · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–6
  9. P3 18:03CGYCorban KnightAssists: Kevin Westgarth, Ben Hanowski · Slap, 0.07 xG2–7
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:56CGYKevin Westgarth: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:51ANAHampus Lindholm: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 14:22CGYBrian McGrattan: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 14:22ANABryan Allen: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:50CGYChris Butler: Holding the stick2 min
  6. P2 2:37ANAKyle Palmieri: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 9:01ANAMark Fistric: Holding the stick2 min
  8. P3 10:01ANAFrancois Beauchemin: Slashing2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← ANA attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Getzlaf
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACGY
22Shots on goal25
1.4Expected goals2.1
45Shot attempts48
33Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
13Penalty minutes9
15Hits26
15Blocked shots15
7Giveaways9
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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Cogliano – Silfverberg9:00

    xG 0.61–0.15 (81%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  2. Jackman – Winnik – Bonino2:58

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Getzlaf – Perry2:00

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Maroon9:21

    xG 0.18–0.19 (49%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Lindholm13:39

    xG 0.77–0.46 (62%)attempts 15–8goals 1–2

  2. Sbisa – Lindholm2:07

    xG 0.05–0.03 (62%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Allen – Fistric12:36

    xG 0.21–0.34 (38%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestByron – Backlund – Bouma11:35

    xG 0.50–0.23 (69%)attempts 8–10goals 2–0

  2. Westgarth – Hanowski – Knight8:08

    xG 0.13–0.08 (61%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. McGrattan – Glencross – Galiardi9:12

    xG 0.06–0.24 (21%)attempts 1–13goals 0–1

  4. Cammalleri – Colborne – Monahan12:57

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie13:46

    xG 0.71–0.18 (79%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Smid – Butler2:49

    xG 0.16–0.03 (82%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Smid – Wotherspoon11:40

    xG 0.14–0.28 (33%)attempts 3–12goals 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.

CGY 2.1 xGANA 1.4 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #914 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.53 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 65% of the time.

CGY winsANA wins

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

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