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Thu, Dec 8, 2016·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Calgary Flames 2, Arizona Coyotes 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 70% of the time.

ARI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY190150912235
ARI190801001128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:23ARIMax DomiAssists: Christian Dvorak, Shane Doan · Wrist, 0.31 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:45CGYMark GiordanoPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan · Slap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:09CGYDougie HamiltonGWGAssists: Johnny Gaudreau · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–1
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 5:15CGYAlex Chiasson: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 8:17CGYLance Bouma: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 8:17CGYLance Bouma: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:17ARIRyan White: Instigator2 min
  5. P1 8:17ARIRyan White: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 8:17ARIRyan White: Misconduct10 min
  7. P1 13:38ARIConnor Murphy: Fighting5 min · PPG
  8. P1 13:38CGYMicheal Ferland: Fighting5 min
  9. P1 17:06ARIAnthony Duclair: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 3:35ARIAnthony Duclair: Holding2 min
  11. P2 14:17ARIRyan White: Cross checking2 min
  12. P2 19:36ARIMax Domi: Interference2 min
  13. P2 19:36CGYGarnet Hathaway: Fighting5 min
  14. P2 19:36ARIMax Domi: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 4:33CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  16. P3 9:25CGYTJ Brodie: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
44% to win56% to win
← CGY attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYARI
35Shots on goal28
1.8Expected goals2.8
60Shot attempts59
30Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
23Penalty minutes35
15Hits26
16Blocked shots14
3Giveaways6
5Takeaways6

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 – Tkachuk11:18

    xG 0.46–0.31 (60%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Gaudreau – Bennett11:03

    xG 0.22–0.14 (62%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Bouma – Hathaway5:40

    xG 0.20–0.22 (49%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Brouwer – Ferland – Monahan7:39

    xG 0.14–0.17 (45%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Brodie16:57

    xG 0.55–0.44 (56%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Jokipakka12:55

    xG 0.12–0.07 (64%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Hamilton12:47

    xG 0.42–0.42 (50%)attempts 14–15goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestDoan – Domi – Dvorak7:31

    xG 0.89–0.17 (84%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Hanzal – Rieder – Duclair3:11

    xG 0.15–0.04 (77%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Vrbata – Hanzal – Rieder6:48

    xG 0.22–0.11 (66%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Vrbata – Martinook – Perlini4:30

    xG 0.08–0.14 (37%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkman-Larsson – Murphy9:53

    xG 0.28–0.04 (88%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Murphy – Chychrun2:18

    xG 0.08–0.07 (54%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Stone14:10

    xG 0.34–0.38 (48%)attempts 12–15goals 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.

ARI 2.8 xGCGY 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 40/100 · #695 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 70% 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).