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Thu, Apr 21, 2022·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Dallas Stars 2, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 75% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0111814223
CGY011113313437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:06CGYMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:53DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: John Klingberg, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P3 0:20CGYNoah HanifinAssists: Tyler Toffoli, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:29DALLuke GlendeningAssists: Fredrik Karlstrom · Wrist, 0.28 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:05CGYChris TanevGWGAssists: Oliver Kylington, Andrew Mangiapane · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:35CGYAndrew MangiapaneENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.53 xG2–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 5:30CGYElias Lindholm: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 6:28DALRoope Hintz: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 6:48DALRyan Suter: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 7:24CGYMikael Backlund: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 17:51CGYRasmus Andersson: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 6:18CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  7. P2 8:17DALRadek Faksa: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  8. P2 11:46CGYErik Gudbranson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 9:53DALMiro Heiskanen: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 16:28DALJamie Benn: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCGY
23Shots on goal37
2.4Expected goals4.0
42Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won28
5Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
22Hits22
9Blocked shots8
7Giveaways8
3Takeaways5

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFaksa – Studenic – Kiviranta7:47

    xG 0.86–0.30 (74%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Glendening – Karlstrom – Peterson5:28

    xG 0.46–0.32 (59%)attempts 2–5goals 1–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:20

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Raffl9:07

    xG 0.13–0.36 (27%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Harley8:46

    xG 0.34–0.06 (84%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell12:45

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Heiskanen17:35

    xG 0.87–0.85 (50%)attempts 17–19goals 1–2

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk12:14

    xG 0.56–0.10 (85%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Jarnkrok – Coleman – Dube8:19

    xG 0.22–0.18 (55%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Lucic – Ritchie6:14

    xG 0.06–0.14 (29%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Toffoli – Mangiapane8:08

    xG 0.47–0.57 (45%)attempts 15–5goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Kylington14:17

    xG 0.58–0.20 (74%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson14:01

    xG 0.40–0.72 (36%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

  3. Gudbranson – Zadorov12:33

    xG 0.46–0.88 (34%)attempts 12–13goals 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 4.0 xGDAL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #445 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +33 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 75% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

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

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