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Mon, Mar 28, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Calgary Flames 5, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 63% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1625210521
ARI0521108224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:53CGYSam BennettAssists: Micheal Ferland, Jakub Nakladal · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:08ARIAnthony DuclairPPAssists: Martin Hanzal, Max Domi · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:42ARIAnthony DuclairPPAssists: Martin Hanzal, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:41CGYSam BennettAssists: Joe Colborne, Micheal Ferland · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:31CGYSean MonahanPPGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:13CGYTJ BrodiePPAssists: Sean Monahan, Hunter Shinkaruk · Wrist, 0.05 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:18CGYJoe ColborneENAssists: Sean Monahan, Derek Grant · Wrist, 0.73 xG5–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P2 0:04CGYEmile Poirier: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:42CGYMichael Frolik: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 13:08CGYMatt Stajan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 19:19ARIKevin Connauton: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  5. P3 6:03ARIConnor Murphy: Interference2 min
  6. P3 9:57ARIMax Domi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 16:11CGYJoe Colborne: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 19:29CGYMatt Stajan: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 19:29ARIJiri Sekac: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 19:29CGYLance Bouma: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 19:29CGYDeryk Engelland: Misconduct10 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 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYARI
21Shots on goal24
3.5Expected goals2.8
50Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won38
3Power plays4
38Penalty minutes16
30Hits27
13Blocked shots15
3Giveaways5
3Takeaways5

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. bestColborne – Ferland – Bennett9:50

    xG 0.73–0.35 (67%)attempts 12–6goals 2–0

  2. Frolik – Backlund – Poirier10:14

    xG 0.36–0.08 (82%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Bouma – Bollig10:11

    xG 0.03–0.31 (8%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Shinkaruk – Monahan10:55

    xG 0.23–0.63 (26%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Giordano16:38

    xG 0.40–0.20 (67%)attempts 13–17goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Brodie2:12

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Hamilton16:02

    xG 0.66–0.73 (47%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestGordon – Martinook – Plotnikov10:28

    xG 0.22–0.09 (70%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Tanguay – Vermette – Tikhonov7:00

    xG 0.25–0.20 (56%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Tanguay – Vermette – Sekac5:24

    xG 0.22–0.17 (56%)attempts 5–2goals 0–1

  4. Richardson – Rieder – Sekac3:48

    xG 0.16–0.16 (51%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Connauton17:58

    xG 0.74–0.49 (60%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  2. Grossmann – Dahlbeck11:45

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy18:57

    xG 0.33–1.04 (24%)attempts 14–20goals 0–1

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.

ARI 2.8 xGCGY 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #481 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.65 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 63% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

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

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