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Sun, Feb 26, 2017·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Calgary Flames 3, Carolina Hurricanes 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

CAR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01021014324
CAR19013013135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:54CARVictor RaskPPAssists: Jeff Skinner, Noah Hanifin · Snap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:05CGYMicheal FerlandAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:50CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 11:05CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Sean Monahan, TJ Brodie · Snap, 0.06 xG3–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 4:07CGYSam Bennett: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:58CGYAlex Chiasson: Elbowing2 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 SOG0CAR
44% to win56% to win
← CGY attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ryan won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCAR
24Shots on goal35
3.5Expected goals3.3
53Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won25
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
11Hits17
11Blocked shots11
0Giveaways10
24Takeaways17

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. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan11:42

    xG 1.13–1.11 (50%)attempts 19–18goals 3–0

  2. Versteeg – Brouwer – Bennett14:12

    xG 0.64–0.70 (48%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk12:02

    xG 0.05–0.11 (32%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Bouma – Chiasson10:03

    xG 0.41–0.76 (35%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton19:28

    xG 0.68–0.33 (67%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  2. Stone – Brodie20:08

    xG 1.18–1.12 (51%)attempts 23–17goals 3–0

  3. Engelland – Bartkowski12:59

    xG 0.22–1.36 (14%)attempts 8–21goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestRask – Di Giuseppe – Ryan8:05

    xG 1.13–0.20 (85%)attempts 17–2goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Lindholm – Aho7:48

    xG 1.17–0.24 (83%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  3. Stempniak – Skinner – Ryan4:26

    xG 0.13–0.08 (61%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Rask – Teravainen – Aho5:58

    xG 0.12–0.26 (31%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – Hanifin12:51

    xG 1.15–0.68 (63%)attempts 21–13goals 0–3

  2. Faulk – Slavin18:59

    xG 0.79–0.73 (52%)attempts 16–16goals 0–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Murphy13:03

    xG 0.39–0.40 (49%)attempts 9–12goals 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.

CAR 3.3 xGCGY 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #969 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 53% of the time.

CAR winsCGY wins

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

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