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Tue, Dec 18, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 0, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 65% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0606012024
DAL11411202228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:15DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alexander Radulov · Deflected, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:17DALRadek FaksaAssists: Martin Hanzal, Tyler Pitlick · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:11DALTyler Seguin: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:34CGYAlan Quine: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 6:31DALBlake Comeau: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 9:53CGYGarnet Hathaway: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 18:32DALRoman Polak: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 4:12DALMattias Janmark: Hooking2 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 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
24Shots on goal28
1.7Expected goals2.5
49Shot attempts50
26Faceoffs won35
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
14Hits21
11Blocked shots13
7Giveaways23
5Takeaways6

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. bestGaudreau – Monahan – Ryan3:24

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Lindholm – Tkachuk3:56

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Jankowski – Rychel – Czarnik2:02

    xG 0.02–0.10 (20%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan7:46

    xG 0.02–0.20 (11%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Prout – Andersson2:09

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin15:42

    xG 0.43–0.64 (41%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

  3. Andersson – Kylington7:00

    xG 0.00–0.48 (0%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Janmark – Dickinson7:47

    xG 0.41–0.04 (91%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Shore – Nichushkin2:29

    xG 0.35–0.01 (97%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Hanzal – Pitlick – Faksa7:36

    xG 0.49–0.17 (74%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Gurianov2:20

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Bayreuther11:41

    xG 0.82–0.14 (86%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  2. Bayreuther – Heiskanen2:38

    xG 0.19–0.08 (71%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Fedun – Hanley10:26

    xG 0.32–0.22 (59%)attempts 8–5goals 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 2.5 xGCGY 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1260 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 65% 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).