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Fri, Mar 17, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Dallas Stars 1, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 66% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0501317125
CGY1621008324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:07CGYMichael FrolikAssists: Mikael Backlund, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:20CGYMatthew TkachukGWGAssists: Mark Giordano, Dougie Hamilton · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:32CGYMark GiordanoAssists: Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–3
  4. P3 13:19DALBrett RitchieUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 11:44CGYMark Giordano: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P3 17:35CGYKris Versteeg: Holding2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCGY
25Shots on goal24
1.5Expected goals2.3
57Shot attempts46
31Faceoffs won20
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
5Hits18
14Blocked shots17
6Giveaways15
4Takeaways16

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSharp – Hudler – Seguin2:27

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Hudler – Faksa – Shore11:40

    xG 0.22–0.13 (64%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Sharp – Seguin – Ritchie5:29

    xG 0.17–0.14 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Ritchie – Faksa – Shore3:39

    xG 0.05–0.11 (33%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Nemeth2:32

    xG 0.19–0.07 (74%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Pateryn12:46

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  3. Johns – Nemeth12:49

    xG 0.51–0.62 (45%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk13:28

    xG 0.96–0.24 (80%)attempts 19–5goals 3–0

  2. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan12:34

    xG 0.83–0.44 (65%)attempts 14–16goals 0–1

  3. Bouma – Chiasson – Bennett8:20

    xG 0.34–0.09 (79%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Versteeg – Brouwer9:18

    xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton17:15

    xG 1.06–0.35 (75%)attempts 18–12goals 3–0

  2. Engelland – Bartkowski16:58

    xG 0.80–0.12 (87%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Brodie17:48

    xG 0.39–0.89 (30%)attempts 12–24goals 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.

CGY 2.3 xGDAL 1.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1049 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.50 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Calgary Flames win this game 66% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

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

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