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Sun, Mar 30, 2014·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Calgary Flames 3, Ottawa Senators 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY11322106340
OTT21319315637

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:42OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Erik Karlsson, Ales Hemsky · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:23CGYMatt StajanAssists: Jiri Hudler, Curtis Glencross · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:37OTTMilan MichalekPPAssists: Jason Spezza, Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:59CGYPaul ByronAssists: Mikael Backlund, Michael Cammalleri · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:05CGYSean MonahanAssists: Jiri Hudler, Joe Colborne · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P2 16:47OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Clarke MacArthur · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 1:12OTTJared CowenGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–4
  8. P3 12:22OTTClarke MacArthurAssists: Kyle Turris · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:39OTTKyle TurrisENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.59 xG3–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 17:11CGYKevin Westgarth: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 5:03OTTChris Phillips: Interference2 min
  3. P2 12:26CGYKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 12:26OTTMatt Kassian: Instigator2 min
  5. P2 12:26OTTMatt Kassian: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 12:26OTTMatt Kassian: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 8:44OTTChris Neil: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:53CGYSean Monahan: Hooking2 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 SOG0OTT
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Spezza won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYOTT
40Shots on goal37
3.8Expected goals4.3
62Shot attempts68
28Faceoffs won30
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes21
23Hits31
17Blocked shots12
12Giveaways11
8Takeaways8

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. bestStajan – Hudler – Glencross10:09

    xG 1.11–0.34 (77%)attempts 11–10goals 1–2

  2. Cammalleri – Byron – Backlund11:40

    xG 0.71–0.75 (49%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

  3. McGrattan – Westgarth – Galiardi5:03

    xG 0.13–0.25 (34%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Colborne – Bouma – Monahan8:58

    xG 0.32–0.72 (31%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie14:59

    xG 1.21–0.81 (60%)attempts 11–20goals 2–2

  2. Russell – Butler19:16

    xG 0.90–0.52 (64%)attempts 19–21goals 0–0

  3. Wotherspoon – Billins10:13

    xG 0.62–0.89 (41%)attempts 13–11goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMacArthur – Turris – Stone13:10

    xG 0.97–0.41 (70%)attempts 16–7goals 2–0

  2. Neil – Smith – Hoffman3:44

    xG 0.11–0.05 (69%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Neil – Smith – Zibanejad3:31

    xG 0.12–0.10 (55%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Condra – Hoffman – Zibanejad6:55

    xG 0.34–0.35 (49%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGryba – Cowen15:17

    xG 1.55–1.21 (56%)attempts 19–16goals 2–0

  2. Karlsson – Wiercioch4:46

    xG 0.18–0.16 (54%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Wiercioch11:22

    xG 0.36–0.44 (44%)attempts 14–9goals 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.

OTT 4.3 xGCGY 3.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #160 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.92 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 57% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

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

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