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Thu, Nov 30, 2023·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Dallas Stars 3, Calgary Flames 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 64% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL210011500316
CGY21001111312436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:51DALThomas HarleyAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 8:02CGYChris TanevAssists: Andrew Mangiapane, Dennis Gilbert · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:30CGYNoah HanifinAssists: Blake Coleman, Mikael Backlund · Bat, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P1 19:00DALMason MarchmentAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:49DALMason MarchmentUnassisted · Snap, 0.35 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:19CGYMacKenzie WeegarAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:01CGYNazem KadriGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Jacob Markstrom · Deflected, 0.08 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 1:22DALJamie Benn: Interference2 min
  2. P3 1:49CGYChris Tanev: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  3. P3 11:51DALSam Steel: Slashing2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCGY
16Shots on goal36
2.3Expected goals3.0
52Shot attempts71
33Faceoffs won22
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
18Hits15
21Blocked shots23
5Giveaways8
5Takeaways8

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Seguin – Marchment11:51

    xG 0.78–0.70 (53%)attempts 16–15goals 1–1

  2. Smith – Faksa – Steel9:29

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson11:49

    xG 0.35–0.40 (47%)attempts 8–9goals 1–2

  4. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston11:59

    xG 0.11–0.17 (38%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen15:01

    xG 0.98–0.34 (74%)attempts 25–8goals 1–1

  2. Suter – Hakanpää2:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell11:37

    xG 0.05–0.05 (49%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Pospisil – Zary10:36

    xG 0.40–0.27 (60%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Huberdeau12:45

    xG 0.64–0.56 (53%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Greer – Dube – Ruzicka6:20

    xG 0.09–0.07 (54%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Lindholm – Mangiapane – Sharangovich15:23

    xG 0.32–0.42 (43%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOesterle – Gilbert10:12

    xG 0.30–0.19 (62%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Hanifin19:59

    xG 0.97–0.92 (51%)attempts 23–25goals 1–1

  3. Weegar – Andersson20:40

    xG 0.41–0.62 (40%)attempts 14–16goals 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 3.0 xGDAL 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #242 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 64% of the time.

CGY winsDAL wins

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

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