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Wed, Mar 27, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Dallas Stars 2, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 67% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1901014223
CGY012010114136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:26DALAlexander RadulovPPAssists: Roope Hintz, Tyler Seguin · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P3 12:24DALMiro HeiskanenPPGWGAssists: Radek Faksa, Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:28CGYTJ BrodieAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 16:19CGYAustin Czarnik: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:48DALJason Spezza: Interference2 min
  3. P3 10:44CGYDerek Ryan: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 14:14DALRoman Polak: Roughing2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ryan won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCGY
23Shots on goal36
1.9Expected goals2.8
44Shot attempts76
31Faceoffs won33
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
16Hits19
27Blocked shots13
12Giveaways16
6Takeaways9

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Cogliano – Faksa10:04

    xG 0.55–0.11 (83%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Dowling – Nichushkin4:51

    xG 0.21–0.12 (63%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Benn – Seguin3:02

    xG 0.05–0.09 (37%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Janmark – Hintz6:54

    xG 0.09–0.34 (22%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Oleksiak6:41

    xG 0.55–0.12 (83%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Heiskanen7:08

    xG 0.40–0.26 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Oleksiak2:55

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk6:14

    xG 0.55–0.06 (90%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Lindholm – Tkachuk6:12

    xG 0.41–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Hathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan4:47

    xG 0.31–0.08 (79%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan2:59

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin19:51

    xG 0.92–0.39 (70%)attempts 25–18goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie16:07

    xG 0.64–0.17 (79%)attempts 23–6goals 0–0

  3. Andersson – Fantenberg10:47

    xG 0.22–0.75 (22%)attempts 9–13goals 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.

CGY 2.8 xGDAL 1.9 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 12/100 · #1114 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 67% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

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

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