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Sat, Jan 18, 2020·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Calgary Flames 2, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 69% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY015014213242
OTT1328210521

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:15OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Anthony Duclair, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:04OTTChris TierneyAssists: Vladislav Namestnikov, Connor Brown · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:53OTTConnor BrownPPGWGAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.28 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:30OTTColin WhiteAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Tyler Ennis · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–4
  5. P3 14:09CGYMark JankowskiAssists: Mikael Backlund, Mark Giordano · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P3 16:46OTTVladislav NamestnikovENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.67 xG1–5
  7. P3 18:02CGYNoah HanifinAssists: Travis Hamonic · Snap, 0.08 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 2:49OTTDylan DeMelo: Interference2 min
  2. P2 6:51OTTColin White: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 15:16CGYMilan Lucic: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 18:43OTTChris Tierney: High sticking2 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 SOG0OTT
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tkachuk won the faceoff against Tkachuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYOTT
42Shots on goal21
4.1Expected goals2.9
83Shot attempts35
18Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
18Hits25
7Blocked shots23
9Giveaways12
8Takeaways4

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 – Tkachuk13:50

    xG 0.96–0.22 (81%)attempts 24–5goals 0–1

  2. Lucic – Ryan – Dube11:42

    xG 1.10–0.49 (69%)attempts 22–7goals 1–0

  3. Rieder – Jankowski – Bennett7:19

    xG 0.34–0.02 (95%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Rieder – Jankowski2:59

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin13:28

    xG 0.71–0.01 (98%)attempts 21–2goals 1–1

  2. Andersson – Kylington14:24

    xG 0.83–0.48 (64%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Brodie15:27

    xG 1.10–0.93 (54%)attempts 23–13goals 1–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Namestnikov – Tierney – Brown12:00

    xG 0.43–0.42 (51%)attempts 6–12goals 1–1

  2. Boedker – Sabourin – Chlapik2:13

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. White – Chlapik – Batherson2:35

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

  4. Boedker – Ennis – White5:40

    xG 0.16–0.51 (24%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Borowiecki – Zaitsev13:16

    xG 0.44–0.54 (45%)attempts 5–21goals 1–2

  2. DeMelo – Reilly14:11

    xG 0.52–0.81 (39%)attempts 8–18goals 1–0

  3. Hainsey – Chabot17:36

    xG 0.34–1.30 (21%)attempts 8–25goals 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.

OTT 2.9 xGCGY 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 22/100 · #874 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 69% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

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

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