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Mon, Mar 30, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 5, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 54% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1531614525
DAL210011115336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:40DALJason SpezzaAssists: Patrick Eaves, Trevor Daley · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:34CGYDennis WidemanPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Joe Colborne · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:26DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 9:25CGYJiri HudlerAssists: Kris Russell, Dennis Wideman · Deflected, 0.44 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:27CGYRaphael DiazAssists: David Jones, Lance Bouma · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P2 16:14CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Sean Monahan, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 3:44DALJason DemersAssists: Jamie Benn, Vernon Fiddler · Deflected, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:53CGYMikael BacklundENAssists: TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.65 xG5–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 8:18DALCurtis McKenzie: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:43CGYLance Bouma: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:41CGYSean Monahan: Delaying game2 min
  4. P1 16:16DALBrett Ritchie: High sticking2 min
  5. P1 18:54CGYMicheal Ferland: High sticking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:40DALBrett Ritchie: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 9:42CGYDeryk Engelland: Holding the stick2 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
25Shots on goal36
3.4Expected goals3.7
47Shot attempts100
27Faceoffs won46
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
20Hits18
32Blocked shots9
10Giveaways11
4Takeaways13

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 – Gaudreau – Monahan12:15

    xG 0.40–0.25 (61%)attempts 11–17goals 1–0

  2. Raymond – Colborne – Granlund9:49

    xG 0.14–0.47 (23%)attempts 6–19goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Shore – Ferland6:23

    xG 0.02–0.36 (6%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

  4. Jones – Backlund – Bouma9:52

    xG 0.04–1.01 (4%)attempts 4–25goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Schlemko – Diaz7:32

    xG 0.42–0.58 (42%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

  2. Wideman – Russell17:11

    xG 0.29–0.51 (36%)attempts 11–23goals 1–0

  3. Engelland – Brodie17:56

    xG 0.26–1.06 (20%)attempts 10–31goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFiddler – Roussel – Garbutt8:50

    xG 0.64–0.06 (92%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Eakin – Seguin13:35

    xG 0.72–0.31 (70%)attempts 25–8goals 0–1

  3. Spezza – Hemsky – Eaves10:41

    xG 0.40–0.16 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  4. Horcoff – McKenzie – Ritchie6:05

    xG 0.08–0.24 (25%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Jokipakka12:55

    xG 0.95–0.19 (84%)attempts 32–9goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg15:38

    xG 0.47–0.23 (67%)attempts 26–7goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Nemeth12:22

    xG 0.41–0.49 (45%)attempts 13–13goals 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.

DAL 3.7 xGCGY 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #245 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Dallas Stars win this game 54% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

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

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