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Mon, Jan 16, 2023·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Calgary Flames 1, Nashville Predators 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 59% of the time.

NSH winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0919021139
NSH21201205229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:26NSHRoman JosiAssists: Ryan McDonagh, Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:24NSHJuuso ParssinenGWGAssists: Tanner Jeannot, Colton Sissons · Poke, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:07CGYNikita ZadorovAssists: Mikael Backlund, Andrew Mangiapane · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:14NSHJuuso Parssinen: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 12:55CGYBlake Coleman: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 2:07NSHCole Smith: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 2:25NSHTanner Jeannot: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P3 2:42CGYRasmus Andersson: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 8:17NSHDante Fabbro: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:27CGYMichael Stone: 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 SOG0NSH
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Ruzicka won the faceoff against Johansen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNSH
39Shots on goal29
3.6Expected goals3.0
66Shot attempts64
25Faceoffs won38
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
28Hits30
22Blocked shots14
6Giveaways10
4Takeaways9

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. Lewis – Ruzicka – Duehr4:55

    xG 0.05–0.20 (19%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane9:07

    xG 0.45–0.62 (42%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  3. Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube8:13

    xG 0.32–0.70 (31%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Kadri – Huberdeau11:24

    xG 0.30–0.72 (29%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Zadorov2:41

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  2. Tanev – Weegar15:09

    xG 0.99–0.91 (52%)attempts 21–16goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson14:29

    xG 0.19–0.51 (27%)attempts 9–19goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJohansen – Granlund – Niederreiter10:46

    xG 1.03–0.44 (70%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Duchene – Forsberg – Glass13:41

    xG 0.68–0.32 (68%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  3. Sissons – Parssinen – Smith6:28

    xG 0.42–0.17 (72%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Novak – Trenin – Jeannot5:37

    xG 0.10–0.27 (27%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Carrier13:59

    xG 1.31–0.48 (73%)attempts 22–8goals 1–0

  2. Lauzon – Fabbro11:30

    xG 0.49–0.17 (75%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. McDonagh – Josi15:11

    xG 0.59–0.58 (50%)attempts 19–14goals 1–1

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.

NSH 3.0 xGCGY 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #1138 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.96 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 59% of the time.

NSH winsCGY wins

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

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