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Sun, Feb 24, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Calgary Flames 2, Ottawa Senators 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 65% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY113010112235
OTT0111705123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:07CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Sam Bennett · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:38OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Thomas Chabot · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:19CGYAustin CzarnikGWGAssists: Michael Frolik, Mark Jankowski · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 11:06OTTCody Goloubef: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 3:20OTTFilip Chlapik: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 11:02CGYTravis Hamonic: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 18:11CGYGarnet Hathaway: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 7:46CGYSam Bennett: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 10:02OTTRudolfs Balcers: 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tkachuk won the faceoff against Tkachuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYOTT
35Shots on goal23
2.4Expected goals1.7
73Shot attempts45
22Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits25
9Blocked shots24
9Giveaways19
3Takeaways10

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. bestHathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan6:46

    xG 0.48–0.19 (72%)attempts 13–7goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan12:17

    xG 0.23–0.12 (67%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Bennett – Tkachuk9:08

    xG 0.35–0.27 (57%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  4. Frolik – Jankowski – Czarnik8:41

    xG 0.27–0.33 (44%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin16:11

    xG 0.85–0.52 (62%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  2. Andersson – Kylington11:36

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie14:44

    xG 0.33–0.46 (41%)attempts 18–15goals 1–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestRyan – Duclair – White2:27

    xG 0.27–0.06 (81%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Ryan – Duclair – Brown6:25

    xG 0.33–0.21 (62%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  3. Chlapik – Balcers – Batherson2:32

    xG 0.04–0.05 (44%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  4. Tierney – White – Tkachuk5:57

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDeMelo – Chabot14:33

    xG 0.84–0.55 (60%)attempts 19–18goals 1–1

  2. Chabot – Wolanin2:36

    xG 0.03–0.19 (15%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Harpur – Jaros13:58

    xG 0.07–0.27 (21%)attempts 10–13goals 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.

OTT 1.7 xGCGY 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #776 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 65% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

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

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