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Sat, Dec 10, 2016·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Winnipeg Jets 2, Calgary Flames 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 67% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG0906213228
CGY01641326635

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:29CGYDougie HamiltonAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:00CGYSam BennettAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:20CGYDougie HamiltonGWGAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Mikael Backlund · Slap, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:52CGYMikael BacklundPPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P3 3:31CGYLance BoumaAssists: Garnet Hathaway, Matt Stajan · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–5
  6. P3 13:59WPGNikolaj EhlersPPAssists: Bryan Little · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–5
  7. P3 16:28CGYSean MonahanPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Giordano · Slap, 0.19 xG1–6
  8. P3 19:59WPGJacob TroubaAssists: Josh Morrissey, Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:40CGYDeryk Engelland: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:40WPGChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:29WPGPatrik Laine: Boarding2 min
  4. P2 1:00CGYSean Monahan: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 2:39WPGDrew Stafford: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 8:42CGYTJ Brodie: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 16:08WPGDustin Byfuglien: Slashing2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:23CGYDeryk Engelland: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P3 15:19WPGDustin Byfuglien: Fighting5 min · PPG
  10. P3 15:19CGYGarnet Hathaway: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 15:19WPGDustin Byfuglien: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 17:57CGYMichael Frolik: High sticking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
44% to win56% to win
← WPG attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stajan won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCGY
28Shots on goal35
2.1Expected goals3.0
57Shot attempts56
37Faceoffs won35
4Power plays4
18Penalty minutes18
12Hits15
7Blocked shots14
3Giveaways15
8Takeaways12

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLittle – Ehlers – Laine6:12

    xG 0.54–0.15 (78%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Little – Perreault – Laine5:12

    xG 0.19–0.04 (82%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Lowry – Copp – Tanev3:33

    xG 0.16–0.04 (79%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Scheifele – Dano5:59

    xG 0.25–0.15 (62%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Trouba14:04

    xG 0.53–0.42 (56%)attempts 18–13goals 0–2

  2. Postma – Chiarot12:26

    xG 0.17–0.27 (38%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  3. Byfuglien – Morrissey16:39

    xG 0.87–1.03 (46%)attempts 22–17goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk9:18

    xG 0.50–0.11 (82%)attempts 11–5goals 2–0

  2. Stajan – Bouma – Hathaway8:31

    xG 0.13–0.15 (46%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  3. Chiasson – Gaudreau – Bennett10:33

    xG 0.41–0.50 (45%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  4. Brouwer – Ferland – Monahan10:19

    xG 0.10–0.63 (13%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton12:27

    xG 0.95–0.23 (81%)attempts 21–10goals 3–0

  2. Brodie – Hamilton2:56

    xG 0.32–0.02 (94%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Jokipakka2:54

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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.

CGY 3.0 xGWPG 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #914 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 67% of the time.

CGY winsWPG wins

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

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