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Mon, Mar 27, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Colorado Avalanche 2, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 77% of the time.

CGY winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0606214226
CGY1911127427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:30CGYSean MonahanPPAssists: TJ Brodie · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:33CGYMicheal FerlandAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan · Snap, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:06COLSven AndrighettoPPAssists: Erik Johnson, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:58CGYTroy BrouwerPPGWGAssists: Sean Monahan, Kris Versteeg · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:06COLSven AndrighettoAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Erik Johnson · Slap, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:56CGYJohnny GaudreauENAssists: Micheal Ferland, Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.70 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:23COLJoe Colborne: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 0:00CGYMatt Stajan: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:52CGYMikael Backlund: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P3 1:16CGYMichael Stone: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 3:56COLCalvin Pickard: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  6. P3 19:23COLSven Andrighetto: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCGY
26Shots on goal27
2.4Expected goals4.0
45Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won25
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
11Hits11
14Blocked shots14
10Giveaways13
5Takeaways10

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Landeskog – Compher2:56

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Soderberg – Colborne2:12

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Bourque – Colborne – Compher4:51

    xG 0.04–0.02 (64%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Soderberg – Grigorenko6:02

    xG 0.11–0.11 (52%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Barrie4:16

    xG 0.40–0.23 (64%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Barrie10:37

    xG 0.34–0.34 (50%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Lindholm8:17

    xG 0.07–0.12 (37%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFerland – Gaudreau – Monahan11:38

    xG 0.86–0.32 (73%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Versteeg – Brouwer10:13

    xG 0.41–0.09 (82%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk13:56

    xG 0.75–0.63 (55%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  4. Bouma – Chiasson – Bennett9:17

    xG 0.18–0.13 (58%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton15:13

    xG 0.81–0.65 (55%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Stone – Brodie16:00

    xG 0.78–0.66 (54%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Bartkowski17:51

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 17–12goals 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.

CGY 4.0 xGCOL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCOL

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 COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #680 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 77% of the time.

CGY winsCOL wins

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

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