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Sat, Nov 2, 2019·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Calgary Flames 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 0

Expected result

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

CBJ winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY19110110329
CBJ09018016043

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:44CGYSean MonahanGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Johnny Gaudreau · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:20CGYSam BennettAssists: Derek Ryan, Noah Hanifin · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 17:21CGYMatthew TkachukENAssists: Travis Hamonic, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.62 xG3–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 19:32CBJSonny Milano: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 4:52CGYMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 4:52CGYMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 4:52CBJKole Sherwood: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 16:42CGYSam Bennett: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 2:43CGYMark Giordano: Holding2 min
  7. P3 6:33CBJZach Werenski: Cross checking2 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 SOG0CBJ
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCBJ
29Shots on goal43
3.6Expected goals2.8
57Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
5Hits21
9Blocked shots17
3Giveaways11
4Takeaways10

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 – Tkachuk3:21

    xG 0.89–0.05 (95%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Quine – Bennett – Ryan2:56

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan12:17

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  4. Lucic – Quine – Jankowski3:38

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie14:26

    xG 0.88–0.33 (73%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin16:38

    xG 1.00–1.00 (50%)attempts 22–23goals 2–0

  3. Andersson – Kylington15:00

    xG 0.33–0.79 (30%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Bjorkstrand – Dubois2:15

    xG 0.61–0.02 (97%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Sherwood – Bemstrom4:49

    xG 0.21–0.08 (73%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Milano3:18

    xG 0.13–0.05 (71%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Foligno – Jenner – Anderson6:27

    xG 0.18–0.11 (63%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Harrington10:58

    xG 0.95–0.30 (76%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Harrington – Gavrikov2:22

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Kukan – Gavrikov11:24

    xG 0.58–0.21 (73%)attempts 13–11goals 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.

CBJ 2.8 xGCGY 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1016 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.66 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50CBJ 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 65% of the time.

CBJ winsCGY wins

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

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