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Tue, Feb 27, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 0, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 72% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY08017013038
DAL1101808226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:21DALDevin ShoreGWGAssists: Remi Elie, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:04DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Brett Ritchie · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–2
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 11:12DALAntoine Roussel: Interference2 min
  2. P1 11:17DALMarc Methot: Delaying game2 min
  3. P1 14:38CGYCurtis Lazar: Interference2 min
  4. P1 19:39CGYGarnet Hathaway: Holding2 min
  5. P2 1:59DALTyler Pitlick: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 9:27CGYSam Bennett: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 10:04CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Abuse of officials2 min
  8. P2 13:18DALTyler Pitlick: Interference2 min
  9. P2 17:19CGYMichael Stone: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 19:53CGYDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 5:57CGYBrett Kulak: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 5:57DALTyler Pitlick: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 5:57DALRadek Faksa: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 18:18DALTyler Pitlick: High sticking2 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 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
38Shots on goal26
4.6Expected goals3.1
80Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won34
6Power plays6
14Penalty minutes14
7Hits17
15Blocked shots23
9Giveaways8
1Takeaways6

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. bestJankowski – Hathaway – Bennett3:10

    xG 0.35–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Monahan – Bennett4:18

    xG 0.24–0.12 (65%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Stewart – Backlund – Tkachuk3:28

    xG 0.10–0.03 (80%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk5:51

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton12:16

    xG 1.02–0.29 (78%)attempts 25–7goals 0–0

  2. Stone – Kulak6:48

    xG 0.15–0.17 (46%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Brodie12:21

    xG 0.11–0.14 (42%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Pitlick – Faksa8:03

    xG 0.33–0.13 (72%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  2. Pitlick – Faksa – Shore3:22

    xG 0.26–0.13 (66%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Seguin – Janmark – Elie2:38

    xG 0.02–0.03 (45%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Shore – Elie3:56

    xG 0.06–0.10 (35%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Pateryn13:34

    xG 0.53–0.40 (57%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

  2. Methot – Johns10:06

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell12:12

    xG 0.22–0.59 (27%)attempts 11–13goals 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.

DAL 3.1 xGCGY 4.6 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1185 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 72% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

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

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