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Tue, Oct 14, 2014·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Calgary Flames 3, Nashville Predators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY1611109021328
NSH171607010221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:46NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Derek Roy, Craig Smith · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:01CGYTJ BrodieAssists: Mark Giordano, Brandon Bollig · Backhand, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:19CGYMark GiordanoPPAssists: Jiri Hudler, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:10NSHMike RibeiroAssists: Colin Wilson, Craig Smith · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NSH Derek Roy stopped
  2. 2. CGY Joe Colborne scored
  3. 3. NSH James Neal stopped
  4. 4. CGY Jiri Hudler stopped
  5. 5. NSH Olli Jokinen stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:49CGYMatt Stajan: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 12:26CGYCurtis Glencross: Interference2 min
  3. P2 5:02NSHColin Wilson: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:30NSHRyan Ellis: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 4:06NSHCraig Smith: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 10:17CGYDeryk Engelland: Interference2 min
  7. P3 10:17NSHFilip Forsberg: Embellishment2 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Roy
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNSH
28Shots on goal21
1.8Expected goals2.2
61Shot attempts46
47Faceoffs won35
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits17
14Blocked shots22
4Giveaways10
3Takeaways7

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. bestHudler – Setoguchi – Monahan10:28

    xG 0.67–0.05 (94%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Bouma – Bollig5:46

    xG 0.11–0.00 (96%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Glencross – Byron – Backlund11:38

    xG 0.35–0.33 (51%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  4. Raymond – Colborne – Gaudreau9:52

    xG 0.06–0.54 (10%)attempts 4–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Engelland – Russell15:05

    xG 0.36–0.39 (48%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  2. Wideman – Russell3:19

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Smid9:56

    xG 0.33–0.55 (37%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJokinen – Bourque – Jarnkrok7:11

    xG 0.45–0.04 (93%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Jokinen – Wilson – Jarnkrok2:08

    xG 0.26–0.04 (88%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Ribeiro – Neal – Wilson9:36

    xG 0.28–0.09 (76%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Gaustad – Nystrom – Beck10:06

    xG 0.04–0.08 (36%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllis – Ekholm15:26

    xG 0.66–0.21 (76%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Weber – Josi21:09

    xG 0.76–0.44 (63%)attempts 12–21goals 0–0

  3. Volchenkov – Jones11:45

    xG 0.24–0.64 (27%)attempts 9–16goals 1–1

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.

NSH 2.2 xGCGY 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #557 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsCGY wins

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

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