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Sat, Nov 11, 2023·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Calgary Flames 1, Ottawa Senators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01211102125
OTT112114212438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:21OTTMathieu JosephAssists: Jake Sanderson, Tim Stützle · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:07OTTDrake BathersonPPGWGAssists: Brady Tkachuk, Jakob Chychrun · Bat, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:52CGYBlake ColemanAssists: Martin Pospisil · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:50OTTRourke ChartierAssists: Dominik Kubalik, Drake Batherson · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:12OTTTravis HamonicAssists: Tim Stützle, Claude Giroux · Slap, 0.10 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:19OTTJosh Norris: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:22OTTVladimir Tarasenko: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:24CGYMacKenzie Weegar: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:36CGYNikita Zadorov: Interference2 min
  5. P2 16:13CGYBlake Coleman: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:02CGYElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:25OTTRourke Chartier: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 10:01CGYBlake Coleman: Hooking2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Norris
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYOTT
25Shots on goal38
3.0Expected goals3.2
62Shot attempts67
25Faceoffs won34
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
28Hits23
11Blocked shots19
6Giveaways16
2Takeaways7

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. bestBacklund – Coleman – Pospisil10:26

    xG 0.79–0.14 (85%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  2. Greer – Dube – Ruzicka8:16

    xG 0.70–0.10 (87%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Lindholm – Mangiapane9:09

    xG 0.34–0.13 (73%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Sharangovich – Zary10:04

    xG 0.03–0.55 (6%)attempts 7–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Andersson13:39

    xG 1.02–0.41 (71%)attempts 23–14goals 0–1

  2. Tanev – Zadorov3:12

    xG 0.52–0.07 (87%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  3. Zadorov – DeSimone11:13

    xG 0.36–0.27 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestGiroux – Joseph – Stützle10:15

    xG 0.58–0.22 (72%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. Tarasenko – Norris – Tkachuk10:16

    xG 0.18–0.27 (39%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Kubalik – Chartier – Batherson4:37

    xG 0.12–0.25 (33%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. Chartier – Highmore – Kelly4:20

    xG 0.01–0.17 (8%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSanderson – Zub12:12

    xG 0.53–0.32 (62%)attempts 16–8goals 2–0

  2. Hamonic – Brannstrom12:08

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

  3. Chychrun – Bernard-Docker17:13

    xG 0.39–1.49 (21%)attempts 13–25goals 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.

OTT 3.2 xGCGY 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #972 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50OTT 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 53% of the time.

OTT winsCGY wins

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

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