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Wed, Oct 28, 2015·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Calgary Flames 4, Ottawa Senators 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 72% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY010110316021438
OTT0426212012523

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 4:15CGYDougie HamiltonAssists: Jiri Hudler, Deryk Engelland · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 17:58OTTZack SmithUnassisted · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:46OTTBobby RyanAssists: Kyle Turris, Marc Methot · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:23CGYJoe ColborneAssists: Sean Monahan, Jiri Hudler · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:20CGYKris RussellAssists: Sam Bennett, Michael Frolik · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:50OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Mark Stone, Erik Karlsson · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:08OTTJean-Gabriel PageauAssists: Milan Michalek, Alex Chiasson · Wrist, 0.28 xG3–4
  8. P3 12:32CGYSam BennettPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.44 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Bobby Ryan stopped
  2. 2. CGY Joe Colborne scored
  3. 3. OTT Kyle Turris scored
  4. 4. CGY Johnny Gaudreau stopped
  5. 5. OTT Mika Zibanejad scored
  6. 6. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:37CGYJosh Jooris: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 17:39OTTErik Karlsson: Interference2 min
  3. P2 1:42CGYMark Giordano: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 5:30OTTChris Neil: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 1:44OTTMarc Methot: Interference2 min
  6. P3 6:12CGYBrandon Bollig: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 12:20OTTBobby Ryan: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  8. P3 14:13CGYDennis Wideman: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYOTT
38Shots on goal23
3.1Expected goals1.9
66Shot attempts55
31Faceoffs won42
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
28Hits16
22Blocked shots14
8Giveaways16
6Takeaways7

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. bestFrolik – Gaudreau – Bennett11:44

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Bollig – Jooris5:35

    xG 0.36–0.07 (83%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Raymond – Backlund8:46

    xG 0.24–0.04 (86%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Colborne – Monahan12:54

    xG 0.55–0.56 (50%)attempts 12–10goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Hamilton9:13

    xG 0.83–0.09 (90%)attempts 23–7goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie16:42

    xG 0.30–0.57 (35%)attempts 12–14goals 1–2

  3. Wideman – Russell15:11

    xG 0.27–0.68 (28%)attempts 11–12goals 1–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Turris – Stone2:46

    xG 0.31–0.06 (83%)attempts 6–1goals 2–1

  2. Michalek – Chiasson – Pageau12:52

    xG 0.60–0.70 (46%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Turris – Stone – Prince8:45

    xG 0.23–0.36 (38%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Ryan – Zibanejad – Puempel7:53

    xG 0.08–0.25 (25%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Karlsson17:02

    xG 1.02–0.52 (66%)attempts 19–14goals 4–1

  2. Karlsson – Cowen2:47

    xG 0.06–0.16 (29%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Wiercioch – Ceci11:33

    xG 0.12–0.34 (26%)attempts 6–18goals 0–1

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 1.9 xGCGY 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 97/100 · #32 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.63 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 72% 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).