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Mon, Mar 22, 2021·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Calgary Flames 1, Ottawa Senators 2

Expected result

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

OTT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY013013110136
OTT1120417223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:23OTTRyan DzingelAssists: Austin Watson, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 14:54CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Milan Lucic, Nikita Nesterov · Snap, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:24OTTChris TierneyGWGAssists: Tim Stützle, Mike Reilly · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 14:00OTTChristian Wolanin: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:04CGYRasmus Andersson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:49CGYAndrew Mangiapane: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Paul won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYOTT
36Shots on goal23
2.2Expected goals1.8
69Shot attempts41
31Faceoffs won18
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
29Hits31
11Blocked shots18
10Giveaways18
7Takeaways9

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 – Tkachuk – Dube11:41

    xG 0.63–0.28 (69%)attempts 20–5goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Monahan – Bennett13:04

    xG 0.24–0.15 (61%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane12:20

    xG 0.45–0.42 (52%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  4. Rinaldo – Leivo – Ryan7:48

    xG 0.19–0.17 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestNesterov – Välimäki13:47

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Tanev – Hanifin17:29

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Andersson16:23

    xG 0.28–0.90 (23%)attempts 12–16goals 0–2

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestWatson – Dzingel – Bishop6:44

    xG 0.26–0.16 (62%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  2. Dadonov – Paul – White11:25

    xG 0.25–0.21 (54%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Norris – Batherson – Stützle10:01

    xG 0.31–0.33 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  4. Tierney – Brown – Tkachuk10:56

    xG 0.23–0.34 (40%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestReilly – Zub18:00

    xG 0.74–0.34 (68%)attempts 16–12goals 2–0

  2. Brown – Wolanin4:10

    xG 0.06–0.09 (40%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Chabot – Zaitsev22:29

    xG 0.57–1.09 (34%)attempts 16–35goals 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.

OTT 1.8 xGCGY 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 36/100 · #526 of 868 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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.

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).