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Wed, Mar 3, 2010·Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary

Minnesota Wild 4, Calgary Flames 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

CGY winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1112713421
CGY0901307029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:56MINKyle BrodziakGWGAssists: Owen Nolan, Marek Zidlicky · Slap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:12MINAndrew BrunetteAssists: Antti Miettinen, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:05MINMikko KoivuAssists: Andrew Brunette, Cam Barker · Slap, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P3 12:20MINMartin HavlatAssists: Guillaume Latendresse, Shane Hnidy · Wrist, 0.20 xG4–0
Penalties (2)
  1. P3 4:31MINGreg Zanon: Broken stick2 min
  2. P3 9:11MINDerek Boogaard: Cross checking2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Sheppard
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCGY
21Shots on goal29
1.4Expected goals1.6
33Shot attempts59
37Faceoffs won20
0Power plays2
4Penalty minutes0
10Hits15
16Blocked shots4
3Giveaways6
3Takeaways6

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 1.6 xGMIN 1.4 xG
00.511.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1176 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 53% of the time.

CGY winsMIN wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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