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Thu, Feb 9, 2023·Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

Calgary Flames 1, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

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

DET winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01219015136
DET051814217

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:07CGYBlake ColemanAssists: Noah Hanifin, Mikael Backlund · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 19:46DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: David Perron, Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:51DETFilip ZadinaGWGAssists: Oskar Sundqvist, Robert Hagg · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 5:39DETFilip Hronek: Holding2 min
  2. P2 4:45CGYNikita Zadorov: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P2 14:26CGYMichael Stone: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 18:54CGYDillon Dube: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:05DETBen Chiarot: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 16:09DETBen Chiarot: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 19:09CGYAndrew 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 SOG0DET
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Veleno
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDET
36Shots on goal17
2.5Expected goals2.1
72Shot attempts39
23Faceoffs won22
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
12Hits20
11Blocked shots17
1Giveaways5
7Takeaways8

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. bestKadri – Huberdeau – Pelletier11:54

    xG 0.50–0.32 (61%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane9:37

    xG 0.29–0.13 (70%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube10:16

    xG 0.31–0.15 (67%)attempts 18–2goals 0–0

  4. Lewis – Lucic – Ruzicka6:51

    xG 0.03–0.49 (6%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin14:20

    xG 0.70–0.35 (67%)attempts 18–7goals 1–0

  2. Weegar – Zadorov14:17

    xG 0.49–0.20 (71%)attempts 20–4goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Gilbert9:58

    xG 0.12–0.41 (23%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – Suter – Zadina6:35

    xG 0.52–0.05 (90%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Perron – Veleno – Berggren11:04

    xG 0.20–0.29 (40%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond11:03

    xG 0.34–0.57 (38%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  4. Copp – Fabbri – Rasmussen10:15

    xG 0.05–0.29 (15%)attempts 1–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Hagg8:49

    xG 0.47–0.16 (74%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Hagg – Seider2:32

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Walman – Seider10:39

    xG 0.24–0.33 (43%)attempts 4–11goals 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.

DET 2.1 xGCGY 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #891 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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.

DET winsCGY wins

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

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