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Tue, Dec 15, 2015·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Calgary Flames 2, Nashville Predators 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 67% of the time.

NSH winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY05160812221
NSH112040501122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:09NSHCody HodgsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.27 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:28CGYTJ BrodieAssists: Sam Bennett, Kris Russell · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:23CGYKris RussellGWGAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:09CGYTJ Brodie: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  2. P1 18:44NSHViktor Arvidsson: Holding2 min
  3. P2 2:08NSHMike Ribeiro: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:08NSHJames Neal: Illegal check to head2 min
  5. P2 8:37CGYTJ Brodie: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 3:16CGYMikael Backlund: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 17:40NSHShea Weber: Cross checking2 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 SOG0NSH
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jarnkrok won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNSH
21Shots on goal22
1.6Expected goals2.5
46Shot attempts56
19Faceoffs won24
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits9
23Blocked shots21
7Giveaways5
7Takeaways7

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. Stajan – Colborne – Ferland8:05

    xG 0.24–0.38 (38%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Granlund – Bennett5:25

    xG 0.03–0.22 (11%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Raymond – Frolik – Backlund5:36

    xG 0.01–0.37 (2%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Jones – Gaudreau – Monahan8:04

    xG 0.01–0.50 (3%)attempts 1–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Russell – Hamilton13:58

    xG 0.19–0.17 (53%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Brodie2:34

    xG 0.10–0.11 (47%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie15:47

    xG 0.30–0.42 (42%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestGaustad – Nystrom – Salomaki10:12

    xG 0.65–0.08 (89%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Smith – Jarnkrok – Forsberg10:14

    xG 0.44–0.07 (86%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Hodgson – Watson – Sissons7:45

    xG 0.18–0.02 (91%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Neal – Arvidsson13:23

    xG 0.22–0.37 (38%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEllis – Ekholm15:30

    xG 0.85–0.03 (97%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Jones13:30

    xG 0.64–0.35 (65%)attempts 17–14goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Josi15:16

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

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.

NSH 2.5 xGCGY 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #629 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +24 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 67% of the time.

NSH winsCGY wins

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

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