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Mon, Feb 9, 2015·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Calgary Flames 4, San Jose Sharks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 58% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1811029427
SJS07113014134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:52CGYMason RaymondAssists: Lance Bouma, Kris Russell · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:10CGYLance BoumaGWGAssists: Mark Giordano, David Jones · Backhand, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:59SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski · Slap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:20CGYJiri HudlerPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Dennis Wideman · Snap, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:07CGYDavid JonesENAssists: TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.55 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:00CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 11:26SJSBrent Burns: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 9:39CGYDavid Wolf: Holding2 min
  4. P2 14:28SJSMatt Tennyson: Interference2 min
  5. P3 3:28SJSBrent Burns: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 14:24CGYMikael Backlund: Holding2 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 SOG0SJS
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Tierney
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYSJS
27Shots on goal34
2.8Expected goals2.3
56Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits20
21Blocked shots18
12Giveaways18
11Takeaways7

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. bestJones – Backlund – Bouma7:40

    xG 0.78–0.18 (81%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Colborne – Jooris – Wolf5:24

    xG 0.18–0.21 (46%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Hudler – Gaudreau – Monahan10:52

    xG 0.05–0.26 (15%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Glencross – Raymond8:19

    xG 0.08–0.34 (19%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie16:18

    xG 1.26–0.57 (69%)attempts 20–18goals 1–1

  2. Engelland – Diaz10:14

    xG 0.30–0.28 (52%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Russell13:11

    xG 0.19–0.40 (33%)attempts 9–18goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Pavelski – Karlsson10:25

    xG 0.39–0.20 (66%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Kennedy – Desjardins – Sheppard7:25

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

  3. Wingels – Hertl – Tierney7:27

    xG 0.29–0.37 (45%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  4. Marleau – Couture – Nieto11:08

    xG 0.42–0.51 (45%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Burns12:55

    xG 0.52–0.30 (63%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Irwin2:04

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Irwin – Tennyson10:34

    xG 0.27–0.44 (37%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

SJS 2.3 xGCGY 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 31/100 · #821 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.03 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 58% of the time.

SJS winsCGY wins

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

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