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Tue, Dec 1, 2015·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Dallas Stars 3, Calgary Flames 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 67% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
DAL2141704041329
CGY04012316003432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:48DALJason SpezzaAssists: Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:28DALCody EakinAssists: Jyrki Jokipakka, Valeri Nichushkin · Deflected, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:16DALMattias JanmarkAssists: Johnny Oduya, Jason Demers · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P3 1:51CGYMikael BacklundUnassisted · Wrist, 0.29 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:01CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Sean Monahan, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:42CGYDougie HamiltonAssists: Sean Monahan, Dennis Wideman · Slap, 0.07 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CGY Joe Colborne scored
  2. 2. DAL Tyler Seguin stopped
  3. 3. CGY Johnny Gaudreau scored
  4. 4. DAL Patrick Sharp scored
  5. 5. CGY Sean Monahan scored
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 19:41DALJohn Klingberg: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:15CGYMark Giordano: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 13:21DALJohnny Oduya: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 5:11DALJohn Klingberg: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. OT 4:07CGYJiri Hudler: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
47% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCGY
29Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals3.7
60Shot attempts72
27Faceoffs won28
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
7Hits14
17Blocked shots17
18Giveaways16
13Takeaways14

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Eaves – Janmark9:09

    xG 0.26–0.06 (81%)attempts 9–4goals 1–0

  2. Sharp – Benn – Seguin11:32

    xG 0.57–0.60 (49%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  3. Hemsky – Fiddler – Sceviour8:04

    xG 0.14–0.21 (41%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Roussel – Eakin – Nichushkin11:43

    xG 0.42–1.94 (18%)attempts 7–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Klingberg19:04

    xG 0.62–0.21 (74%)attempts 21–14goals 0–1

  2. Oduya – Demers9:36

    xG 0.36–0.28 (56%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  3. Oduya – Benn5:01

    xG 0.05–0.11 (29%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestRaymond – Frolik – Backlund8:20

    xG 1.28–0.10 (93%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Colborne – Ferland11:48

    xG 0.52–0.12 (82%)attempts 14–6goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Gaudreau – Monahan10:48

    xG 0.97–0.81 (55%)attempts 14–15goals 2–1

  4. Hudler – Granlund – Bennett11:09

    xG 0.25–0.36 (41%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Smid12:30

    xG 1.31–0.29 (82%)attempts 14–16goals 1–2

  2. Russell – Hamilton15:37

    xG 1.02–0.78 (56%)attempts 19–15goals 1–1

  3. Giordano – Brodie18:08

    xG 0.62–0.63 (49%)attempts 16–16goals 1–0

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.

CGY 3.7 xGDAL 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 89/100 · #134 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 67% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

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

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