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Tue, Dec 22, 2015·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Winnipeg Jets 1, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 85% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG160707120
CGY21409210433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:28CGYJohnny GaudreauPPAssists: Sean Monahan, TJ Brodie · Slap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:23CGYJoe ColborneGWGAssists: Mark Giordano, Micheal Ferland · Tip-in, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:55WPGTyler MyersAssists: Blake Wheeler, Andrew Ladd · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:41CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: TJ Brodie, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:11CGYJohnny GaudreauENAssists: Mikael Backlund, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.70 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:17WPGJacob Trouba: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:36WPGDrew Stafford: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 12:00CGYJoe Colborne: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 17:31WPGMark Stuart: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:23WPGJacob Trouba: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 3:30WPGMathieu Perreault: 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCGY
20Shots on goal33
1.5Expected goals3.6
49Shot attempts68
38Faceoffs won39
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
12Hits24
17Blocked shots17
11Giveaways11
10Takeaways15

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little14:01

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  2. Thorburn – Burmistrov – Ehlers5:03

    xG 0.26–0.12 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Halischuk – Armia – Copp4:07

    xG 0.11–0.00 (98%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Thorburn – Halischuk – Copp2:13

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Chiarot10:03

    xG 0.31–0.09 (78%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Byfuglien – Trouba18:53

    xG 0.25–0.36 (40%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

  3. Enstrom – Myers17:39

    xG 0.40–0.63 (39%)attempts 19–19goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestHudler – Gaudreau – Monahan10:58

    xG 0.61–0.26 (70%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Backlund – Colborne – Ferland13:02

    xG 0.32–0.16 (66%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Stajan – Jones – Bouma9:00

    xG 0.23–0.22 (51%)attempts 8–8goals 0–1

  4. Raymond – Granlund – Bennett10:36

    xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie17:28

    xG 0.55–0.37 (60%)attempts 12–17goals 2–1

  2. Engelland – Wideman10:11

    xG 0.22–0.17 (57%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Hamilton17:37

    xG 0.27–0.43 (38%)attempts 17–14goals 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.

CGY 3.6 xGWPG 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 28/100 · #918 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.95 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 85% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

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

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