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Mon, Mar 6, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 5, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 74% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY11721427538
DAL01028215433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:53CGYNick RitchieAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar · Poke, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:51CGYNikita ZadorovAssists: Troy Stecher, Nazem Kadri · Slap, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 11:48DALJason RobertsonPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jamie Benn · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 15:42DALMax DomiAssists: Mason Marchment, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P2 17:53CGYElias LindholmUnassisted · Other, 1.00 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:24CGYRasmus AnderssonAssists: Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.09 xG4–2
  7. P3 9:49DALRoope HintzSHAssists: Joe Pavelski · Backhand, 0.10 xG4–3
  8. P3 14:12DALJamie BennAssists: Esa Lindell, Jani Hakanpää · Tip-in, 0.09 xG4–4
  9. P3 19:53CGYTyler ToffoliGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 6:53DALMiro Heiskanen: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 18:30CGYChris Tanev: Holding2 min
  3. P2 8:49CGYDillon Dube: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:25CGYNikita Zadorov: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:26DALMiro Heiskanen: Holding2 min
  6. P3 17:02CGYNick Ritchie: Boarding2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Pavelski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
38Shots on goal33
4.5Expected goals3.0
59Shot attempts60
40Faceoffs won32
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
33Hits24
13Blocked shots9
12Giveaways22
10Takeaways13

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. bestToffoli – Lindholm – Pelletier9:47

    xG 1.57–0.24 (87%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  2. Kadri – Huberdeau – Ritchie10:02

    xG 1.04–0.61 (63%)attempts 16–6goals 2–2

  3. Lewis – Lucic – Dube10:14

    xG 0.04–0.25 (14%)attempts 3–12goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:10

    xG 0.33–1.05 (24%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Stecher13:25

    xG 0.92–0.46 (67%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1

  2. Tanev – Hanifin13:36

    xG 1.24–0.94 (57%)attempts 13–18goals 1–1

  3. Weegar – Andersson14:51

    xG 0.87–0.74 (54%)attempts 12–13goals 2–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:47

    xG 0.73–0.35 (68%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Seguin – Domi – Marchment11:46

    xG 0.65–0.79 (45%)attempts 9–16goals 1–1

  3. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston10:23

    xG 0.55–0.70 (44%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  4. Faksa – Dellandrea – Kiviranta7:05

    xG 0.13–1.13 (10%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Lundkvist12:15

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Heiskanen2:16

    xG 0.06–0.02 (70%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell13:42

    xG 0.62–0.88 (41%)attempts 8–17goals 2–2

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.

DAL 3.0 xGCGY 4.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 98/100 · #42 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.65 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +52 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 74% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

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

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