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Thu, Oct 10, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY090928032329
DAL0911617041236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:39DALJoel L'EsperanceAssists: Joel Hanley, Radek Faksa · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 0:09DALJamie BennPPAssists: Roope Hintz, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P3 2:49CGYElias LindholmPPAssists: Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:32CGYNoah HanifinAssists: Mikael Backlund, Matthew Tkachuk · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  2. 2. CGY Sean Monahan scored
  3. 3. DAL Alexander Radulov stopped
  4. 4. CGY Matthew Tkachuk stopped
  5. 5. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  6. 6. CGY Johnny Gaudreau scored
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:02CGYSam Bennett: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 1:18CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Holding2 min
  3. P2 4:37CGYTJ Brodie: Holding2 min
  4. P2 12:02CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P2 12:02DALBen Bishop: Embellishment2 min
  6. P2 18:39CGYJohnny Gaudreau: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 1:38DALJoe Pavelski: Boarding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:43DALJustin Dowling: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. OT 4:39CGYMark Giordano: Penalty shot tripping on breakaway0 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
29Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals3.5
50Shot attempts77
21Faceoffs won37
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
20Hits20
19Blocked shots14
12Giveaways23
9Takeaways6

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. bestBacklund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk12:56

    xG 0.72–0.66 (52%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  2. Frolik – Rieder – Jankowski4:22

    xG 0.07–0.06 (54%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan10:14

    xG 0.47–0.53 (47%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Bennett – Ryan6:18

    xG 0.05–0.11 (28%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin13:33

    xG 0.44–0.10 (82%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Andersson16:55

    xG 0.82–0.74 (53%)attempts 19–21goals 0–1

  3. Hamonic – Brodie2:06

    xG 0.05–0.09 (33%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDowling – Faksa – L'Esperance5:42

    xG 0.13–0.04 (78%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Caamano – Gardner6:45

    xG 0.13–0.12 (52%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Benn – Seguin11:23

    xG 0.59–0.78 (43%)attempts 16–14goals 0–1

  4. Pavelski – Janmark – Hintz9:44

    xG 0.20–0.53 (27%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Lindell3:17

    xG 0.11–0.02 (85%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Sekera – Heiskanen13:58

    xG 0.56–0.47 (54%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Klingberg2:27

    xG 0.06–0.06 (47%)attempts 3–1goals 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 3.5 xGCGY 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 66/100 · #370 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 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 67% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

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

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