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Wed, Mar 4, 2020·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Calgary Flames 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 60% of the time.

CGY winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ29060403222
CGY0801321016337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:56CBJDevin ShoreAssists: Andrew Peeke, Scott Harrington · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:20CBJGustav NyquistAssists: Nick Foligno, Pierre-Luc Dubois · Snap, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 11:14CGYElias LindholmAssists: Andrew Mangiapane, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P3 18:17CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Mark Giordano, Rasmus Andersson · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:49CGYTJ BrodieGWGAssists: Sean Monahan, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 19:26CGYSean Monahan: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 15:09CBJBoone Jenner: 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← CBJ attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Jenner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCGY
22Shots on goal37
2.8Expected goals3.4
45Shot attempts65
23Faceoffs won25
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
12Hits15
22Blocked shots12
5Giveaways12
6Takeaways5

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Stenlund – Robinson9:21

    xG 0.67–0.16 (80%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Foligno – Nyquist – Jenner14:12

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

  3. Matteau – Shore – Lilja8:34

    xG 0.17–0.27 (38%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0

  4. Wennberg – Dubois – Bemstrom11:53

    xG 0.31–0.45 (41%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSavard – Gavrikov20:26

    xG 0.80–0.38 (68%)attempts 14–20goals 1–0

  2. Murray – Werenski16:56

    xG 0.59–0.62 (49%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  3. Harrington – Peeke12:47

    xG 0.43–0.57 (43%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan12:59

    xG 0.61–0.01 (98%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Ryan – Dube7:01

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  3. Lucic – Bennett – Ryan2:00

    xG 0.08–0.06 (56%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Rieder – Jankowski – Bennett6:10

    xG 0.17–0.35 (32%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hanifin – Andersson19:44

    xG 0.87–0.84 (51%)attempts 17–13goals 1–1

  2. Giordano – Brodie17:40

    xG 0.33–0.33 (50%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  3. Forbort – Gustafsson11:19

    xG 0.30–0.45 (40%)attempts 10–12goals 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.

CGY 3.4 xGCBJ 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 74/100 · #281 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 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 60% of the time.

CGY winsCBJ wins

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

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