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Tue, Oct 29, 2019·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Calgary Flames 1, Carolina Hurricanes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 57% of the time.

CAR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY11201304129
CAR01107210228

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:04CGYElias LindholmAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Travis Hamonic · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:13CARAndrei SvechnikovAssists: Lucas Wallmark · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:35CARAndrei SvechnikovPPGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Teuvo Teravainen · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:41CARWarren Foegele: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 6:44CGYMark Giordano: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:22CARBrock McGinn: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 6:08CGYMark Giordano: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 12:03CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 17:28CARDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 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 SOG0CAR
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackCAR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Staal won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCAR
29Shots on goal28
3.5Expected goals3.1
49Shot attempts63
28Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits17
19Blocked shots9
8Giveaways10
7Takeaways12

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 – Lindholm – Tkachuk11:29

    xG 0.46–0.35 (57%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  2. Lucic – Frolik – Backlund10:20

    xG 0.37–0.39 (49%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Monahan – Tkachuk2:40

    xG 0.06–0.12 (36%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  4. Rieder – Mangiapane – Ryan6:21

    xG 0.27–0.35 (43%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie15:05

    xG 0.72–0.54 (57%)attempts 9–17goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Kylington2:43

    xG 0.06–0.11 (36%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Andersson – Kylington13:17

    xG 0.52–0.67 (43%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – Dzingel – Necas9:42

    xG 0.69–0.01 (99%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Foegele – Aho – Svechnikov10:38

    xG 0.57–0.42 (57%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Gibbons – McGinn – Wallmark7:32

    xG 0.38–0.27 (59%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Niederreiter – Teravainen10:01

    xG 0.20–0.45 (31%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Slavin14:18

    xG 1.09–0.77 (59%)attempts 23–9goals 0–1

  2. Gardiner – Pesce14:27

    xG 0.70–0.58 (55%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Slavin – Pesce2:27

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 1–0

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.

CAR 3.1 xGCGY 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #698 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.32 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 18% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 57% of the time.

CAR winsCGY wins

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

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