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Fri, Mar 6, 2015·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Calgary Flames 5, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY172829524
DET21401506235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:05DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Erik Cole · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:12DETJustin AbdelkaderPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Erik Cole · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:27CGYSean MonahanPPAssists: Kris Russell, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:03CGYMatt StajanAssists: Brandon Bollig · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:10CGYJiri HudlerGWGAssists: Sean Monahan, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 1:50CGYMason RaymondAssists: Drew Shore, Josh Jooris · Wrist, 0.02 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:54CGYJiri HudlerENAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.66 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 7:36CGYMason Raymond: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:57DETBrendan Smith: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:09DETStephen Weiss: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P3 2:30DETDanny DeKeyser: Delaying game smothering puck2 min
  5. P3 14:35CGYKris Russell: 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 SOG0DET
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDET
24Shots on goal35
2.4Expected goals2.6
37Shot attempts64
25Faceoffs won31
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
21Hits22
21Blocked shots5
2Giveaways6
6Takeaways9

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. Raymond – Shore – Jooris8:06

    xG 0.10–0.08 (57%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Bollig – Ferland7:31

    xG 0.33–0.35 (49%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Hudler – Gaudreau – Monahan12:05

    xG 0.36–0.50 (42%)attempts 6–17goals 1–0

  4. Backlund – Colborne – Bouma12:09

    xG 0.24–0.92 (21%)attempts 4–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchlemko – Diaz7:59

    xG 0.16–0.05 (78%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Wideman – Russell19:15

    xG 0.33–0.55 (37%)attempts 10–24goals 2–1

  3. Engelland – Brodie16:43

    xG 0.37–1.41 (21%)attempts 8–21goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Zetterberg – Abdelkader13:47

    xG 1.05–0.03 (97%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Weiss – Nyquist – Sheahan8:25

    xG 0.39–0.07 (85%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Datsyuk – Tatar – Jurco8:30

    xG 0.32–0.07 (83%)attempts 12–3goals 0–1

  4. Weiss – Sheahan – Jurco2:22

    xG 0.02–0.14 (12%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – DeKeyser15:23

    xG 0.94–0.23 (81%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Zidlicky – DeKeyser2:28

    xG 0.27–0.13 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – Ericsson14:02

    xG 0.43–0.30 (58%)attempts 17–6goals 0–2

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.

DET 2.6 xGCGY 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #323 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsCGY wins

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

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