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Sun, Dec 22, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 5, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 77% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY19211210530
DAL1701109127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:11CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:49DALDenis GurianovAssists: Justin Dowling, Roman Polak · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:28CGYMatthew TkachukPPGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:21CGYSean MonahanPPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Elias Lindholm · Snap, 0.36 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:21CGYMikael BacklundPPAssists: Derek Ryan, David Rittich · Snap, 0.55 xG4–1
  6. P3 17:56CGYDerek RyanENAssists: Tobias Rieder, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.55 xG5–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 13:23CGYSam Bennett: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 14:39DALRadek Faksa: Interference2 min
  3. P2 11:22DALCorey Perry: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 14:00DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 2:52CGYTJ Brodie: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 9:10CGYRasmus Andersson: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 9:10CGYRasmus Andersson: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 9:10DALAndrew Cogliano: Slashing2 min · PPG
  9. P3 9:10DALRadek Faksa: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 10:21DALDenis Gurianov: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  11. P3 16:26CGYZac Rinaldo: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Ryan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
30Shots on goal27
4.3Expected goals2.6
56Shot attempts58
31Faceoffs won27
5Power plays3
18Penalty minutes12
15Hits14
23Blocked shots14
8Giveaways16
7Takeaways7

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. bestLindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk11:47

    xG 0.84–0.74 (53%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Rinaldo – Rieder – Jankowski8:25

    xG 0.31–0.28 (53%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

  3. Lucic – Bennett – Ryan9:24

    xG 0.15–0.14 (52%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan10:46

    xG 0.48–0.49 (50%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin14:20

    xG 0.87–0.35 (72%)attempts 16–7goals 1–1

  2. Brodie – Hanifin2:50

    xG 0.24–0.02 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Andersson10:06

    xG 0.42–0.41 (51%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Dowling – Janmark – Gurianov3:29

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Seguin – Hintz6:33

    xG 0.08–0.14 (36%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa6:50

    xG 0.22–0.29 (43%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Benn – Dickinson5:52

    xG 0.21–0.38 (36%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell14:15

    xG 1.34–1.03 (57%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  2. Oleksiak – Heiskanen14:09

    xG 0.49–0.42 (54%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  3. Sekera – Polak9:45

    xG 0.04–0.09 (30%)attempts 9–6goals 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 2.6 xGCGY 4.3 xG
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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 31/100 · #768 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 77% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

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

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