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Wed, Dec 6, 2017·Air Canada Centre, Toronto

Calgary Flames 1, Toronto Maple Leafs 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 62% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY114012017051148
TOR0121907012229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:37CGYMark GiordanoPPAssists: Sean Monahan, Troy Brouwer · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:47TORMorgan RiellyUnassisted · Snap, 0.01 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. TOR Auston Matthews scored
  2. 2. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
  3. 3. TOR Mitch Marner stopped
  4. 4. CGY Matthew Tkachuk scored
  5. 5. TOR Patrick Marleau stopped
  6. 6. CGY Johnny Gaudreau stopped
  7. 7. TOR William Nylander scored
  8. 8. CGY Mikael Backlund stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:27TORMatt Martin: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:18CGYMark Giordano: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 19:48CGYDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 13:00CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Interference2 min
  5. P2 19:25TORJake Gardiner: Cross checking2 min
  6. OT 4:28CGYJohnny Gaudreau: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0TOR
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackTOR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Matthews won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYTOR
48Shots on goal29
4.6Expected goals3.7
77Shot attempts74
30Faceoffs won39
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
23Hits15
24Blocked shots12
7Giveaways15
9Takeaways7

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. bestFerland – Gaudreau – Monahan14:02

    xG 0.94–0.19 (83%)attempts 17–10goals 0–1

  2. Stajan – Brouwer – Lazar7:23

    xG 0.72–0.24 (75%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Jankowski – Hathaway – Bennett9:14

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk14:21

    xG 0.56–0.93 (38%)attempts 18–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton16:26

    xG 0.98–0.36 (73%)attempts 20–13goals 0–1

  2. Stone – Kulak12:27

    xG 0.89–0.41 (68%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Brodie16:04

    xG 0.73–0.68 (52%)attempts 21–24goals 0–0

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Kadri – Nylander3:36

    xG 0.43–0.02 (95%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Moore – Komarov – Martin2:18

    xG 0.14–0.02 (87%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Brown – Matthews10:15

    xG 0.16–0.11 (59%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  4. van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner10:15

    xG 0.39–0.45 (46%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGardiner – Zaitsev17:20

    xG 0.69–0.52 (57%)attempts 20–17goals 0–0

  2. Polak – Borgman12:17

    xG 0.44–1.07 (29%)attempts 12–22goals 0–0

  3. Hainsey – Rielly12:45

    xG 0.34–0.99 (25%)attempts 14–13goals 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.

TOR 3.7 xGCGY 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

TORCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #806 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.25 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50TOR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 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 62% of the time.

TOR winsCGY wins

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

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