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Tue, Jan 24, 2017·Centre Bell, Montreal

Calgary Flames 1, Montréal Canadiens 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 65% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01101119131
MTL172627520

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:17MTLAndrew ShawAssists: Sven Andrighetto, Jeff Petry · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:53MTLTomas PlekanecSHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:02MTLAlexander RadulovPPAssists: Nathan Beaulieu, Shea Weber · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P3 8:08MTLDaniel CarrAssists: Torrey Mitchell, Carey Price · Slap, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P3 16:07MTLAlexander RadulovPPAssists: Tomas Plekanec, Andrew Shaw · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–5
  6. P3 19:58CGYSam BennettPPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.29 xG1–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 7:40CGYMichael Frolik: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:42MTLPhillip Danault: Interference2 min
  3. P2 4:39MTLAlexei Emelin: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:53CGYMatt Stajan: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 10:42MTLJeff Petry: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 11:55MTLJacob de la Rose: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 17:29MTLSven Andrighetto: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 17:29CGYDeryk Engelland: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 14:25CGYBrett Kulak: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. P3 19:07MTLAlexander Radulov: Hooking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0MTL
44% to win56% to win
← CGY attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Plekanec won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMTL
31Shots on goal20
2.6Expected goals1.8
52Shot attempts53
23Faceoffs won30
5Power plays3
8Penalty minutes12
32Hits16
20Blocked shots16
11Giveaways14
5Takeaways13

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. bestChiasson – Gaudreau – Monahan3:40

    xG 0.49–0.16 (75%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Bouma – Chiasson5:31

    xG 0.19–0.03 (85%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Ferland3:53

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk5:45

    xG 0.10–0.07 (58%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton15:35

    xG 0.72–0.51 (58%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

  2. Wideman – Brodie13:05

    xG 0.32–0.20 (61%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  3. Engelland – Kulak14:05

    xG 0.14–0.33 (30%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. Shaw – Flynn – Andrighetto8:53

    xG 0.34–0.31 (52%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

  2. Plekanec – Byron – Lehkonen8:22

    xG 0.17–0.15 (53%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – de la Rose – Carr8:22

    xG 0.10–0.16 (40%)attempts 3–8goals 1–0

  4. Radulov – Pacioretty – Danault12:47

    xG 0.46–0.57 (45%)attempts 17–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Redmond11:59

    xG 0.24–0.10 (71%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  2. Weber – Emelin12:28

    xG 0.36–0.26 (58%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Emelin – Petry2:55

    xG 0.08–0.04 (67%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

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.

MTL 1.8 xGCGY 2.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1048 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.52 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 65% of the time.

MTL winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).