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Fri, Mar 18, 2022·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Buffalo Sabres 1, Calgary Flames 0 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 51% of the time.

CGY winsBUF wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
BUF0701001215134
CGY060801000024

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 3:07BUFTage ThompsonGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:30BUFKyle Okposo: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:57CGYNoah Hanifin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 15:44CGYChris Tanev: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 4:42CGYMikael Backlund: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 6:15CGYTyler Toffoli: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 6:15BUFDylan Cozens: Roughing2 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.

BUF00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← BUF attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

BUFCGY
34Shots on goal24
2.7Expected goals2.6
50Shot attempts50
25Faceoffs won26
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
17Hits23
8Blocked shots9
11Giveaways17
8Takeaways10

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Tuch – Thompson9:16

    xG 0.62–0.49 (56%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

  2. Hinostroza – Krebs – Cozens8:14

    xG 0.44–0.34 (56%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt11:31

    xG 0.20–0.47 (30%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Okposo – Eakin – Girgensons11:15

    xG 0.27–0.93 (23%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pysyk – Hagg11:21

    xG 0.29–0.28 (51%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  2. Bryson – Samuelsson17:46

    xG 0.74–0.81 (48%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Jokiharju – Dahlin16:03

    xG 0.65–0.83 (44%)attempts 14–16goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk14:59

    xG 1.19–0.36 (77%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Jarnkrok – Toffoli – Mangiapane8:21

    xG 0.47–0.47 (50%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Monahan – Dube8:40

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Backlund – Coleman10:08

    xG 0.12–0.34 (26%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Kylington13:12

    xG 1.15–0.29 (80%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Hanifin2:13

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson17:28

    xG 0.70–0.72 (49%)attempts 10–14goals 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.

CGY 2.6 xGBUF 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYBUF

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 BUF. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1185 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
BUF 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 51% of the time.

CGY winsBUF wins

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

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