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Tue, Feb 1, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 4, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY111011318440
DAL2611705328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:54CGYTrevor LewisAssists: Adam Ruzicka, Milan Lucic · Snap, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:26DALJoel HanleyAssists: Riley Damiani, Tanner Kero · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:12DALJason RobertsonAssists: Esa Lindell, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:20DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Denis Gurianov · Backhand, 0.21 xG1–3
  5. P3 14:36CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Blake Coleman, Noah Hanifin · Deflected, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 15:13CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:13CGYOliver KylingtonGWGAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Elias Lindholm · Snap, 0.16 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:14CGYNikita Zadorov: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:30DALTyler Seguin: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:40DALLuke Glendening: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:14CGYAdam Ruzicka: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 16:03CGYOliver Kylington: Holding2 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 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
40Shots on goal28
2.8Expected goals3.0
72Shot attempts50
23Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
24Hits20
11Blocked shots15
12Giveaways21
0Takeaways4

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. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk14:04

    xG 1.11–0.65 (63%)attempts 18–10goals 1–1

  2. Lewis – Lucic – Ruzicka9:23

    xG 0.32–0.12 (74%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  3. Ritchie – Monahan – Dube8:07

    xG 0.12–0.25 (33%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:31

    xG 0.46–0.79 (37%)attempts 19–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Kylington16:09

    xG 1.07–0.50 (68%)attempts 28–6goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson13:28

    xG 0.83–0.82 (50%)attempts 15–18goals 3–2

  3. Gudbranson – Zadorov14:56

    xG 0.34–0.67 (33%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Gurianov12:07

    xG 0.64–0.34 (66%)attempts 7–17goals 1–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:23

    xG 0.64–0.47 (58%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Glendening – Kero – Damiani2:58

    xG 0.13–0.01 (95%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  4. Radulov – Faksa – Peterson6:19

    xG 0.25–0.21 (54%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Klingberg – Lindell17:26

    xG 0.67–0.68 (49%)attempts 13–27goals 0–1

  2. Suter – Heiskanen15:32

    xG 0.73–0.93 (44%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell3:56

    xG 0.01–0.25 (5%)attempts 1–8goals 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 3.0 xGCGY 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 83/100 · #264 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 55% 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).