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Sun, Feb 23, 2020·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Calgary Flames 4, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 58% of the time.

DET winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY21211217431
DET1609114229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:46CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Noah Hanifin, Sean Monahan · Slap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:03CGYSean MonahanAssists: Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.26 xG2–0
  3. P1 15:48DETDylan LarkinAssists: Brendan Perlini, Patrik Nemeth · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:49CGYAndrew MangiapaneGWGAssists: Noah Hanifin, Mikael Backlund · Deflected, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:00DETDylan LarkinAssists: Anthony Mantha, Madison Bowey · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:48CGYAndrew MangiapaneENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.62 xG4–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 11:35DETValtteri Filppula: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 19:58CGYMichael Stone: Cross checking2 min
  3. P3 8:33DETMadison Bowey: Roughing2 min
  4. P3 11:11CGYAndrew Mangiapane: 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 SOG0DET
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Filppula won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDET
31Shots on goal29
3.4Expected goals3.0
57Shot attempts44
37Faceoffs won21
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
10Hits15
9Blocked shots10
7Giveaways21
2Takeaways5

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk6:31

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Rieder – Jankowski – Ryan3:18

    xG 0.20–0.08 (73%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Bennett – Dube5:32

    xG 0.16–0.17 (48%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan4:33

    xG 0.09–0.23 (28%)attempts 2–2goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson8:18

    xG 0.81–0.00 (100%)attempts 14–1goals 1–0

  2. Kylington – Yelesin6:00

    xG 0.36–0.07 (85%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Stone – Brodie6:35

    xG 0.32–0.36 (47%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Nielsen – Helm – Glendening3:53

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Abdelkader – Erne – Ehn3:23

    xG 0.01–0.20 (5%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri6:02

    xG 0.24–0.50 (32%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Filppula – Bertuzzi – Perlini4:59

    xG 0.00–0.44 (0%)attempts 0–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Biega – Nemeth7:24

    xG 0.30–0.27 (53%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Ericsson – Lindstrom5:30

    xG 0.18–0.40 (30%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Bowey5:59

    xG 0.00–0.48 (0%)attempts 1–10goals 0–1

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.

DET 3.0 xGCGY 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 42/100 · #662 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.97 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DET 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 58% of the time.

DET winsCGY wins

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

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