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Thu, Mar 6, 2025·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Calgary Flames 2, Dallas Stars 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 64% of the time.

DAL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY1101140301228
DAL061101912327

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:13CGYJoel FarabeeAssists: Blake Coleman · Snap, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:29CGYMikael BacklundUnassisted · Snap, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:06DALWyatt JohnstonAssists: Mathew Dumba, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:00DALJason RobertsonAssists: Roope Hintz, Wyatt Johnston · Snap, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:17DALJason RobertsonGWGAssists: Roope Hintz, Matt Duchene · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 12:41DALThomas Harley: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 17:06CGYJoel Farabee: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 17:38DALRoope Hintz: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYDAL
28Shots on goal27
2.3Expected goals3.1
55Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won32
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
21Hits15
27Blocked shots14
19Giveaways22
5Takeaways7

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. Kadri – Huberdeau – Coronato13:14

    xG 0.28–0.39 (42%)attempts 14–9goals 0–1

  2. Lomberg – Rooney – Zary4:42

    xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  3. Frost – Pospisil – Sharangovich9:30

    xG 0.06–0.48 (11%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Farabee12:30

    xG 0.64–1.14 (36%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Weegar – Bahl2:07

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Bean – Pachal12:38

    xG 0.39–0.60 (39%)attempts 9–19goals 1–1

  3. Weegar – Hanley18:22

    xG 0.17–0.58 (23%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dadonov – Johnston5:49

    xG 0.56–0.07 (89%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. Hintz – Robertson – Johnston7:17

    xG 0.38–0.00 (99%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  3. Dadonov – Marchment – Bourque3:19

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Duchene – Granlund6:23

    xG 0.47–0.23 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Lindell16:33

    xG 0.55–0.20 (74%)attempts 19–12goals 1–0

  2. Dumba – Bichsel9:49

    xG 0.91–0.66 (58%)attempts 19–9goals 1–2

  3. Lyubushkin – Harley16:15

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 11–19goals 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.

DAL 3.1 xGCGY 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 67/100 · #420 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 64% 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).