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Tue, Jan 5, 2016·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 60% of the time.

CGY winsTBL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TBL0801419131
CGY1131714324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:56CGYMatt StajanAssists: Mark Giordano, TJ Brodie · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 15:30CGYDavid JonesGWGAssists: Mark Giordano · Tip-in, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:21TBLSteven StamkosAssists: Anton Stralman, Valtteri Filppula · Wrist, 0.34 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:02CGYLance BoumaENAssists: Dennis Wideman, Kris Russell · Wrist, 0.52 xG1–3
Penalties (1)
  1. P3 1:14TBLCedric Paquette: Tripping2 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.

TBL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TBLCGY
31Shots on goal24
2.4Expected goals3.0
59Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won23
0Power plays1
2Penalty minutes0
19Hits24
14Blocked shots17
5Giveaways6
3Takeaways11

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Forward lines

  1. bestJohnson – Palat – Kucherov16:18

    xG 0.83–0.52 (62%)attempts 19–13goals 0–0

  2. Filppula – Stamkos – Namestnikov4:05

    xG 0.05–0.11 (29%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Namestnikov – Marchessault7:04

    xG 0.22–0.36 (39%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Killorn – Stamkos12:02

    xG 0.25–0.61 (29%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCoburn – Nesterov9:03

    xG 0.48–0.06 (90%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Hedman – Sustr2:43

    xG 0.18–0.16 (53%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Garrison – Nesterov3:45

    xG 0.06–0.08 (41%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestColborne – Gaudreau – Monahan13:52

    xG 0.55–0.18 (76%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Bouma – Jooris10:01

    xG 0.47–0.29 (62%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Backlund – Ferland12:52

    xG 0.57–0.59 (49%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  4. Raymond – Granlund – Bennett12:29

    xG 0.36–0.52 (41%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie20:13

    xG 1.23–0.28 (81%)attempts 27–14goals 2–0

  2. Wideman – Russell2:50

    xG 0.03–0.06 (31%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Brodie3:12

    xG 0.04–0.25 (13%)attempts 1–5goals 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 3.0 xGTBL 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYTBL

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 TBL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1063 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
TBL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 60% of the time.

CGY winsTBL wins

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

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