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Sat, Feb 17, 2024·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Detroit Red Wings 5, Calgary Flames 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 69% of the time.

CGY winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET282815521
CGY012016010038

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:56DETPatrick KanePPGWGAssists: Moritz Seider, Robby Fabbri · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:59DETJ.T. CompherAssists: Lucas Raymond, Alex DeBrincat · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:12DETDylan LarkinPPAssists: Patrick Kane, Shayne Gostisbehere · Tip-in, 0.27 xG3–0
  4. P2 6:41DETDavid PerronAssists: Andrew Copp, Joseph Veleno · Snap, 0.21 xG4–0
  5. P3 15:40DETLucas RaymondAssists: Moritz Seider · Wrist, 0.05 xG5–0
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 14:53CGYConnor Zary: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 18:13DETMichael Rasmussen: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 18:13CGYMartin Pospisil: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 0:46DETBen Chiarot: Boarding2 min
  5. P2 4:11DETJoseph Veleno: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 4:11CGYBrayden Pachal: Roughing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 4:53CGYMartin Pospisil: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 12:56DETJoseph Veleno: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 18:28CGYAndrei Kuzmenko: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 18:40DETRobby Fabbri: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 18:40DETRobby Fabbri: Roughing2 min
  12. P2 18:40CGYMikael Backlund: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 4:44CGYMartin Pospisil: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  14. P3 8:58CGYConnor Zary: Tripping2 min
  15. P3 10:30DETMoritz Seider: Hooking2 min
  16. P3 10:41DETJoseph Veleno: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DET attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Larkin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCGY
21Shots on goal38
2.4Expected goals3.5
51Shot attempts85
43Faceoffs won29
5Power plays5
16Penalty minutes16
17Hits29
24Blocked shots21
7Giveaways22
11Takeaways10

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. Perron – Copp – Veleno9:17

    xG 0.43–0.39 (53%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  2. Compher – DeBrincat – Raymond9:00

    xG 0.21–0.29 (42%)attempts 8–19goals 2–0

  3. Kane – Larkin – Rasmussen11:19

    xG 0.14–0.39 (27%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. Fabbri – Fischer – Sprong7:03

    xG 0.21–0.61 (26%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Walman – Seider11:24

    xG 0.29–0.31 (48%)attempts 13–14goals 2–0

  2. Maatta – Gostisbehere12:59

    xG 0.48–0.61 (44%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  3. Petry – Chiarot14:59

    xG 0.20–0.76 (21%)attempts 10–32goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Pospisil – Zary10:35

    xG 0.64–0.27 (70%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

  2. Hunt – Rooney – Duehr5:42

    xG 0.26–0.03 (90%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Sharangovich – Kuzmenko9:28

    xG 0.55–0.38 (59%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:07

    xG 0.40–0.30 (58%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin13:47

    xG 0.46–0.16 (74%)attempts 23–10goals 0–1

  2. Weegar – Andersson13:50

    xG 0.70–0.40 (64%)attempts 18–11goals 0–1

  3. Kylington – Pachal11:36

    xG 0.59–0.35 (63%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

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 3.5 xGDET 2.4 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 5/100 · #1259 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 69% of the time.

CGY winsDET wins

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

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