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Thu, Apr 3, 2014·Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa

Calgary Flames 4, Tampa Bay Lightning 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 61% of the time.

TBL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY2801027425
TBL05115012132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:20CGYMichael CammalleriUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:35CGYKevin WestgarthGWGAssists: Chris Breen · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:56TBLOndrej PalatAssists: Matt Carle, Ryan Callahan · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:04CGYCurtis GlencrossPPAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Kris Russell · Wrist, 0.31 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:44CGYCurtis GlencrossENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 0:26CGYTJ Brodie: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 6:20TBLAlex Killorn: Holding2 min
  3. P2 9:36CGYChris Butler: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 4:27CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 17:41TBLEric Brewer: Tripping2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TBL
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackTBL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stamkos won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTBL
25Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals2.0
42Shot attempts69
23Faceoffs won36
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits16
24Blocked shots10
10Giveaways13
5Takeaways8

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. bestMcGrattan – Galiardi – Van Brabant8:16

    xG 0.30–0.17 (64%)attempts 5–14goals 0–0

  2. Westgarth – Bouma – Hanowski4:55

    xG 0.15–0.04 (80%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Cammalleri – Hudler – Backlund11:25

    xG 0.23–0.17 (58%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  4. Glencross – Colborne – Monahan11:11

    xG 0.15–0.74 (17%)attempts 5–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBreen – Billins6:46

    xG 0.25–0.14 (65%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie19:55

    xG 0.42–0.41 (51%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  3. Russell – Butler18:24

    xG 0.19–0.96 (16%)attempts 9–28goals 0–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestFilppula – Callahan – Palat11:13

    xG 0.62–0.08 (88%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Killorn – Johnson – Kucherov15:57

    xG 0.68–0.20 (78%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  3. Purcell – Stamkos – Brown12:04

    xG 0.25–0.28 (47%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  4. Malone – Crombeen – Thompson5:40

    xG 0.04–0.48 (7%)attempts 4–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Hedman5:48

    xG 0.26–0.09 (75%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Gudas3:33

    xG 0.18–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Carle8:23

    xG 0.39–0.26 (60%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

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.

TBL 2.0 xGCGY 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TBLCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #844 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TBL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 61% of the time.

TBL winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).