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Sun, Nov 20, 2016·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Calgary Flames 3, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

DET winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01011026326
DET1100617223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:06DETTomas TatarAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Alexey Marchenko · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:40CGYGarnet HathawayAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Micheal Ferland · Tip-in, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P3 2:31CGYMatt StajanAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Hunter Shinkaruk · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:59DETAnthony ManthaAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:14CGYMikael BacklundGWGAssists: Michael Frolik, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.25 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 2:40CGYBrett Kulak: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 11:35CGYSam Bennett: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 9:33DETNiklas Kronwall: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 18:13DETJimmy Howard: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0DET
44% to win56% to win
← CGY attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Zetterberg
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDET
26Shots on goal23
1.8Expected goals1.7
53Shot attempts44
28Faceoffs won21
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits17
9Blocked shots16
8Giveaways10
6Takeaways4

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. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk15:22

    xG 0.84–0.18 (82%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Chiasson – Shinkaruk9:45

    xG 0.34–0.12 (74%)attempts 10–4goals 1–0

  3. Hamilton – Ferland – Hathaway6:34

    xG 0.26–0.12 (68%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  4. Brouwer – Monahan – Bennett13:55

    xG 0.13–0.81 (13%)attempts 5–15goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestEngelland – Kulak12:46

    xG 0.51–0.27 (65%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Giordano – Hamilton17:05

    xG 0.56–0.41 (58%)attempts 15–8goals 3–0

  3. Wideman – Brodie17:06

    xG 0.49–0.49 (50%)attempts 14–13goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestZetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha12:09

    xG 0.44–0.13 (77%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Nielsen – Vanek – Larkin10:55

    xG 0.31–0.19 (62%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Abdelkader – Tatar – Sheahan13:16

    xG 0.52–0.53 (50%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  4. Ott – Miller – Glendening4:59

    xG 0.11–0.29 (28%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – Marchenko10:15

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1

  2. Ericsson – Sproul2:37

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Kronwall – DeKeyser3:22

    xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

DET 1.7 xGCGY 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 50/100 · #566 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 54% of the time.

DET winsCGY wins

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

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