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Thu, Feb 16, 2023·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Detroit Red Wings 5, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

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

CGY winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1731314524
CGY18112015235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:22CGYElias LindholmSHAssists: Mikael Backlund · Tip-in, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:59DETDominik KubalikAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Jordan Oesterle · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:27DETRobby FabbriPPAssists: Dylan Larkin, David Perron · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:03CGYDillon DubeAssists: Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:21DETDominik KubalikGWGAssists: Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi · Snap, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:43DETTyler BertuzziPPAssists: Robby Fabbri, Dylan Larkin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG4–2
  7. P3 3:55DETPius SuterAssists: Filip Zadina, Ben Chiarot · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–2
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 15:07CGYTyler Toffoli: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 2:14CGYMichael Stone: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:59CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 12:49DETFilip Zadina: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:27CGYElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:27DETMichael Rasmussen: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
49% to win51% to win
← DET attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Copp
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCGY
24Shots on goal35
2.3Expected goals3.8
40Shot attempts80
33Faceoffs won26
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
16Hits27
23Blocked shots9
6Giveaways13
11Takeaways9

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. Sundqvist – Suter – Zadina8:18

    xG 0.36–0.36 (50%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  2. Kubalik – Bertuzzi – Larkin8:39

    xG 0.59–0.69 (46%)attempts 6–12goals 1–1

  3. Copp – Fabbri – Rasmussen9:57

    xG 0.14–0.37 (28%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Veleno – Berggren9:26

    xG 0.10–0.41 (19%)attempts 2–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Seider15:09

    xG 0.53–0.44 (54%)attempts 13–20goals 1–1

  2. Maatta – Oesterle15:58

    xG 0.86–1.15 (43%)attempts 12–25goals 1–0

  3. Chiarot – Hronek15:55

    xG 0.08–1.14 (6%)attempts 2–22goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Huberdeau – Pelletier12:41

    xG 1.04–0.26 (80%)attempts 22–4goals 0–1

  2. Lewis – Lucic – Ritchie9:23

    xG 0.46–0.12 (80%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:39

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  4. Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube10:11

    xG 0.67–0.74 (47%)attempts 16–10goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Weegar15:14

    xG 0.94–0.07 (93%)attempts 20–3goals 0–0

  2. Stone – Zadorov13:56

    xG 0.74–0.58 (56%)attempts 22–12goals 0–2

  3. Hanifin – Andersson15:22

    xG 0.75–0.88 (46%)attempts 14–13goals 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.

CGY 3.8 xGDET 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 58/100 · #595 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 winsDET wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).