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Fri, Mar 14, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 4, Dallas Stars 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 67% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY01011029012430
DAL093807011325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:13DALAntoine RousselAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Ryan Garbutt · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:20CGYMichael CammalleriAssists: Joe Colborne, Mark Giordano · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:16DALJamie BennAssists: Trevor Daley, Tyler Seguin · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:29DALErik ColeAssists: Brenden Dillon, Travis Morin · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 12:51CGYPaul ByronPPAssists: Curtis Glencross, Kris Russell · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:30CGYMichael CammalleriAssists: TJ Brodie, Joe Colborne · Backhand, 0.15 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  2. 2. CGY Joe Colborne stopped
  3. 3. DAL Colton Sceviour stopped
  4. 4. CGY Michael Cammalleri stopped
  5. 5. DAL Jordie Benn scored
  6. 6. CGY Sean Monahan scored
  7. 7. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  8. 8. CGY Corban Knight scored
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 9:25CGYMark Giordano: Interference2 min
  2. P2 9:25DALRyan Garbutt: Diving2 min
  3. P3 11:15DALKevin Connauton: Delaying game2 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 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Galiardi won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
30Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals2.0
74Shot attempts51
29Faceoffs won35
1Power plays0
2Penalty minutes4
21Hits18
12Blocked shots21
5Giveaways17
5Takeaways10

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. bestWestgarth – Hanowski – Knight5:57

    xG 0.55–0.14 (80%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Glencross – Galiardi – Byron2:27

    xG 0.33–0.04 (88%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Backlund – Colborne5:53

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 12–2goals 1–0

  4. Cammalleri – Colborne – Monahan10:10

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie18:37

    xG 1.32–0.55 (71%)attempts 33–10goals 2–0

  2. Russell – Butler13:37

    xG 0.60–0.47 (56%)attempts 11–12goals 0–2

  3. Smid – Brodie2:18

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Nichushkin12:01

    xG 0.68–0.47 (59%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Mueller – Chiasson3:38

    xG 0.19–0.01 (95%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Fiddler – Roussel – Chiasson3:53

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Morin – Sceviour13:14

    xG 0.36–0.45 (44%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Daley – Goligoski16:43

    xG 0.82–0.79 (51%)attempts 17–20goals 1–2

  2. Gonchar – Connauton16:15

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Dillon18:27

    xG 0.44–1.11 (29%)attempts 10–22goals 2–0

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.

DAL 2.0 xGCGY 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 80/100 · #203 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 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 67% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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