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Sun, Mar 8, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Calgary Flames 4, Ottawa Senators 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY010011424012446
OTT21521609023542

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:14OTTAlex ChiassonAssists: David Legwand · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:52OTTMilan MichalekAssists: Mark Stone, Eric Gryba · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:34OTTMark BorowieckiAssists: Erik Condra · Slap, 0.03 xG0–3
  4. P2 7:10OTTMike HoffmanAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–4
  5. P3 6:56CGYJoe ColborneAssists: Matt Stajan · Slap, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 11:28CGYKris RussellPPAssists: Jiri Hudler, Sean Monahan · Slap, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:27CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Mason Raymond, Deryk Engelland · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–4
  8. P3 17:42CGYKris RussellAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Mika Zibanejad stopped
  2. 2. CGY Joe Colborne stopped
  3. 3. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
  4. 4. CGY Johnny Gaudreau scored
  5. 5. OTT Kyle Turris scored
  6. 6. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
  7. 7. OTT Mike Hoffman stopped
  8. 8. CGY David Schlemko stopped
  9. 9. OTT Milan Michalek scored
  10. 10. CGY Jiri Hudler scored
  11. 11. OTT Erik Karlsson scored
  12. 12. CGY Josh Jooris stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:42CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 14:53OTTMark Borowiecki: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:53CGYBrandon Bollig: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 4:33OTTKyle Turris: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 12:10CGYJoe Colborne: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 9:31OTTMatt Puempel: Interference2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Zibanejad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYOTT
46Shots on goal42
3.5Expected goals3.7
71Shot attempts73
31Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
9Penalty minutes9
19Hits33
20Blocked shots16
8Giveaways9
8Takeaways15

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. bestRaymond – Backlund – Colborne4:01

    xG 0.41–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Colborne – Bouma3:50

    xG 0.46–0.26 (64%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Backlund – Colborne – Bouma7:41

    xG 0.17–0.19 (48%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Jones – Bollig4:23

    xG 0.18–0.21 (47%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Schlemko4:01

    xG 1.04–0.07 (94%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Brodie – Diaz8:08

    xG 0.19–0.26 (42%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Russell20:17

    xG 0.90–1.15 (44%)attempts 23–24goals 2–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestCondra – Pageau – Lazar11:21

    xG 1.44–0.32 (82%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

  2. Legwand – Chiasson – Puempel7:36

    xG 0.41–0.25 (62%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  3. Michalek – Turris – Stone12:34

    xG 0.80–0.69 (54%)attempts 19–12goals 1–1

  4. Ryan – Hoffman – Zibanejad11:59

    xG 0.46–0.37 (56%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGryba – Borowiecki13:22

    xG 1.07–0.47 (69%)attempts 13–19goals 2–0

  2. Methot – Ceci2:15

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Wiercioch – Ceci10:49

    xG 0.45–0.63 (42%)attempts 8–9goals 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.

OTT 3.7 xGCGY 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #114 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 7 goals in reach · 4-goal lead cutComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 53% 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).