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Wed, Nov 23, 2016·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Calgary Flames 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 68% of the time.

CBJ winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY041719220
CBJ01001509034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:35CGYTroy BrouwerGWGAssists: Kris Versteeg · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 6:25CGYMicheal FerlandPPAssists: Dennis Wideman · Snap, 0.13 xG2–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:26CGYKris Versteeg: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 14:52CBJJack Johnson: Holding2 min
  3. P2 0:14CGYMatthew Tkachuk: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P3 5:41CBJLukas Sedlak: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:29CBJNick Foligno: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 18:27CGYMark Giordano: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CBJ
44% to win56% to win
← CGY attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCBJ
20Shots on goal34
2.8Expected goals1.9
44Shot attempts59
23Faceoffs won25
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
13Hits17
18Blocked shots12
1Giveaways7
5Takeaways5

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 – Tkachuk11:07

    xG 0.69–0.32 (69%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Chiasson – Bennett11:25

    xG 0.39–0.18 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. Versteeg – Brouwer – Monahan10:30

    xG 0.12–0.29 (29%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  4. Hamilton – Ferland – Hathaway7:43

    xG 0.01–0.35 (4%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton14:54

    xG 0.71–0.37 (65%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Kulak10:17

    xG 0.28–0.19 (59%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Brodie2:53

    xG 0.02–0.00 (92%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Saad – Wennberg13:12

    xG 0.49–0.08 (86%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Sedlak – Hannikainen5:15

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Hartnell – Dubinsky – Atkinson6:56

    xG 0.27–0.26 (50%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

  4. Jenner – Karlsson – Anderson6:41

    xG 0.12–0.39 (23%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Savard16:02

    xG 0.57–0.23 (71%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Murray – Nutivaara11:46

    xG 0.12–0.26 (32%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Werenski15:30

    xG 0.39–0.94 (30%)attempts 14–19goals 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.

CBJ 1.9 xGCGY 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 2/100 · #1206 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 68% of the time.

CBJ winsCGY wins

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

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