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Sat, Nov 9, 2024·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Calgary Flames 2, Buffalo Sabres 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 63% of the time.

BUF winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY0615112030226
BUF270604021319

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:11BUFZach BensonAssists: Jacob Bryson, Owen Power · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:37BUFTage ThompsonPPAssists: Rasmus Dahlin, JJ Peterka · Slap, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:44CGYMatt CoronatoAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Blake Coleman · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P3 15:42CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Andrei Kuzmenko · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. BUF Tage Thompson stopped
  2. 2. CGY Yegor Sharangovich stopped
  3. 3. BUF JJ Peterka scored
  4. 4. CGY Andrei Kuzmenko stopped
  5. 5. BUF Alex Tuch stopped
  6. 6. CGY Justin Kirkland stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 12:42CGYMartin Pospisil: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:58BUFDennis Gilbert: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:25BUFDennis Gilbert: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 13:34CGYNazem Kadri: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:44CGYJustin Kirkland: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 17:44BUFDennis Gilbert: Roughing2 min
  7. OT 3:40BUFPeyton Krebs: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0BUF
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackBUF attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thompson won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYBUF
26Shots on goal19
2.1Expected goals2.8
62Shot attempts51
26Faceoffs won39
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
20Hits18
15Blocked shots19
12Giveaways13
3Takeaways8

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 – Huberdeau – Kuzmenko4:49

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  2. Coleman – Kirkland – Coronato3:30

    xG 0.22–0.17 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Kadri – Sharangovich – Zary13:07

    xG 0.44–0.41 (52%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  4. Kirkland – Lomberg – Rooney5:02

    xG 0.06–0.08 (44%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Miromanov17:01

    xG 0.30–0.24 (56%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Bean – Pachal10:01

    xG 0.23–0.44 (34%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Andersson – Bahl17:58

    xG 0.43–1.11 (28%)attempts 15–18goals 0–1

Buffalo Sabres

Forward lines

  1. bestLafferty – Malenstyn – Krebs8:50

    xG 0.55–0.20 (73%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Tuch – Thompson – Peterka11:54

    xG 0.25–0.03 (88%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Cozens – Quinn – Benson9:31

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 4–6goals 1–0

  4. Zucker – Greenway – McLeod9:14

    xG 0.30–0.34 (46%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDahlin – Byram20:04

    xG 0.73–0.38 (66%)attempts 16–15goals 0–1

  2. Byram – Power2:46

    xG 0.18–0.04 (81%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Bryson – Power12:24

    xG 0.41–0.40 (50%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0

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.

BUF 2.8 xGCGY 2.1 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BUFCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #464 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.50 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50BUF 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 63% of the time.

BUF winsCGY wins

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

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