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Mon, Jan 25, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 1, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 70% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0301219124
DAL01021307230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:43DALJamie BennAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Alex Goligoski · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:03DALJason SpezzaGWGAssists: John Klingberg, Patrick Sharp · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:49CGYJoe ColborneAssists: Jiri Hudler, Deryk Engelland · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:42CGYMichael Frolik: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 4:38DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 4:38CGYDeryk Engelland: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 7:22DALValeri Nichushkin: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 10:58DALJyrki Jokipakka: Holding2 min
  6. P2 15:57DALJason Spezza: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 11:50CGYSam Bennett: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 12:36DALJohn Klingberg: Interference2 min
  9. P3 19:50DALCody Eakin: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
24Shots on goal30
2.4Expected goals3.6
55Shot attempts69
26Faceoffs won28
5Power plays2
6Penalty minutes12
16Hits19
21Blocked shots19
11Giveaways8
5Takeaways8

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. bestGaudreau – Monahan – Jooris5:08

    xG 0.09–0.02 (83%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Bouma – Jooris2:49

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Jones – Bouma3:47

    xG 0.12–0.14 (48%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Bennett9:48

    xG 0.16–0.62 (21%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Wideman – Russell3:53

    xG 0.15–0.13 (53%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie16:01

    xG 0.48–0.69 (41%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Hamilton10:26

    xG 0.14–0.38 (26%)attempts 4–16goals 0–2

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFiddler – Eaves – Sceviour5:53

    xG 0.70–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Hemsky – Roussel – Janmark7:41

    xG 0.70–0.29 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Sharp – Eakin10:33

    xG 0.74–0.47 (61%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  4. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin11:27

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Demers13:30

    xG 0.99–0.00 (100%)attempts 15–3goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg15:38

    xG 1.08–0.51 (68%)attempts 24–8goals 1–0

  3. Jokipakka – Lindell10:05

    xG 0.47–0.26 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 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.

DAL 3.6 xGCGY 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #1005 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 70% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

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

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