Calgary Flames vs. Dallas StarsDec 18, 2018

FinalTuesday, Dec 18, 2018· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	0	0	0		CGY	6	6	12	24
DAL	1	1	0	2		DAL	14	12	2	28

: CGY 49DAL 50
: CGY 2.23DAL 2.27
PP goals: CGY 0DAL 0
Hits: CGY 14DAL 21
Blocks: CGY 11DAL 13
PIM: CGY 4DAL 8
: CGY 43%DAL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Dallas Stars beat Calgary Flames 2–0

Dallas Stars beat Calgary Flames 2–0 at home. Jamie Benn (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Dalton Prout (CGY) played 2:43, −10:57 down on his 13:40 season average over 19 games.

Usage
Dalton Prout (CGY) played 2:43, −10:57 down on his 13:40 season average over 19 games.Prout
New line
New look for CGY: Backlund–Czarnik–Tkachuk skated 7:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backlund Czarnik Tkachuk
Luck
CGY scored 0 goals on 2.23 expected goals (49 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for DAL: Hanzal–Pitlick–Faksa skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hanzal Pitlick Faksa
New line
New look for DAL: Shore–Nichushkin–Gurianov skated 4:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Shore Nichushkin Gurianov
Usage
Tyler Pitlick (DAL) played 9:37, −3:51 down on his 13:28 season average over 46 games.Pitlick
Usage
Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) played 26:00, +6:00 up on his 20:00 season average over 81 games.Gaudreau
Usage
Matthew Tkachuk (CGY) played 23:46, +6:15 up on his 17:31 season average over 79 games.Tkachuk

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CGY attacks left (bottom on phones)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
CGY
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · DAL 50 · CGY 49

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
CGY
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL pressure
CGY pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CGY 37% of the game, DAL 34%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

DAL

CGY

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CGY	DAL
	47	52
	1.90	2.15
	1.82	2.11
	6	16
	5	5
	28	10
	−0.062	+0.062
	37%	34%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan
7:4630% CF
L2Backlund – Czarnik – Tkachuk
7:1831% CF
L3Quine – Jankowski – Hathaway
3:4733% CF
D1Hamonic – Hanifin
15:4247% CF
D2Giordano – Brodie
15:1438% CF
D3Andersson – Kylington
7:0036% CF

PP1Giordano – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Tkachuk
5:2250% CF
PP2Backlund – Jankowski – Hanifin – Czarnik – Ryan
1:5171% CF
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
1:51
PK2FJankowski – Ryan
0:52
PK1DGiordano – Hamonic
2:26
PK2DBrodie – Hanifin
1:18

Current CGY line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Radulov – Benn – Seguin
10:5535% CF
L2Comeau – Janmark – Dickinson
7:4754% CF
L3Hanzal – Pitlick – Faksa
7:3664% CF
L4Shore – Nichushkin – Gurianov
4:0060% CF
D1Lindell – Heiskanen
14:5635% CF
D2Polak – Bayreuther
11:4164% CF
D3Fedun – Hanley
10:2662% CF

PP1Radulov – Hanzal – Benn – Seguin – Heiskanen
1:33100% CF
PP2Radulov – Seguin – Fedun – Faksa – Shore
1:03
PK1FHanzal – Faksa
2:41
PK2FComeau – Dickinson
2:26
PK1DPolak – Lindell
3:34
PK2DFedun – Heiskanen
1:18

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:15
DALJamie Benn (Tyler Seguin, Alexander Radulov)deflected0.08 xG
CGY: Backlund, Hamonic, Hanifin, Czarnik, TkachukDAL: Radulov, Polak, Benn, Seguin, Bayreuther
CGY 0 – 1 DAL

2nd period

17:17
DALRadek Faksa (Martin Hanzal, Tyler Pitlick)backhand0.09 xG
CGY: Giordano, Backlund, Brodie, Czarnik, TkachukDAL: Polak, Hanzal, Pitlick, Faksa, Bayreuther
CGY 0 – 2 DAL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	3	0.53	0	0	0	26:00	—	—	52	69
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	23:22	—	—	52	68
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	20:24	—	—	53	66
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	-2	0	0.06	0	0	0	23:46	—	—	44	40
Mikael Backlund C	L2	-2	1	0.06	1	1	0	17:35	—	—	44	33
Austin Czarnik C	L2	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	37	28
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	1	0.22	0	1	0	13:24	—	—	50	9
Alan Quine C	L3	0	1	0.06	2	0	2	12:17	—	—	55	52
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	1	0.18	3	1	2	10:00	—	—	50	60
Noah Hanifin D	D1	-1	3	0.19	1	2	0	21:55	—	—	49	57
Travis Hamonic D	D1	-1	4	0.07	1	1	0	20:47	—	—	50	65
Mark Giordano D	D2	-1	3	0.24	1	3	0	26:12	—	—	45	48
TJ Brodie D	D2	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	21:01	—	—	43	48
Rasmus Andersson D	D3	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	46	9
Oliver Kylington D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:14	—	—	44	28
Derek Ryan C	—	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	53	46
Kerby Rychel L	—	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	8:52	—	—	41	19
Dalton Prout D	—	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2:43	—	—	80	43

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.27	58:20

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Radulov R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	21:36	—	—	49	59
Tyler Seguin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	2	1	2	20:42	—	—	42	40
Jamie Benn L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	43	47
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	47	78
Blake Comeau L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	1	2	13:08	—	—	60	89
Mattias Janmark C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	2	11:27	—	—	42	51
Radek Faksa C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	2	2	0	17:16	—	—	48	45
Martin Hanzal C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	60	48
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.39	3	0	0	9:37	—	—	60	63
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	12:55	—	—	67	65
Denis Gurianov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	10:21	—	—	58	39
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	10:10	—	—	70	61
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.29	3	3	0	27:32	—	—	33	36
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	23:59	—	—	45	46
Roman Polak D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.10	1	1	2	21:25	—	—	55	47
Gavin Bayreuther D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	68	76
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	17:06	—	—	60	58
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	12:28	—	—	67	62

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	W	21	21	0	.1000	2.09	53:37
Anton Khudobin	—	3	3	0	.1000	0.14	6:23

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.