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Tue, Oct 26, 2010·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Edmonton Oilers 4, Calgary Flames 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 76% of the time.

CGY winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
EDM1816217010432
CGY212213010041539

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:52CGYBrendan MorrisonPPAssists: Mark Giordano, Rene Bourque · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:38EDMKurtis FosterPPAssists: Magnus Paajarvi, Ryan Whitney · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:40CGYJay BouwmeesterPPAssists: Alex Tanguay, Ian White · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:02CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:48CGYBrendan MorrisonSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–4
  6. P2 19:43EDMJordan EberleAssists: Theo Peckham · Backhand, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 6:52EDMMagnus PaajarviAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Ryan Whitney · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–4
  8. P3 9:19EDMTom GilbertAssists: Dustin Penner, Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Ales Hemsky stopped
  2. 2. CGY Niklas Hagman stopped
  3. 3. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  4. 4. CGY Alex Tanguay scored
  5. 5. EDM Dustin Penner stopped
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 5:28EDMGilbert Brule: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:08CGYJarome Iginla: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 19:28EDMMagnus Paajarvi: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  4. P1 19:45EDMSam Gagner: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 19:45CGYOlli Jokinen: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 3:34CGYRene Bourque: Holding2 min
  7. P2 9:40CGYSteve Staios: Interference2 min
  8. P2 12:12CGYMark Giordano: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 12:12EDMColin Fraser: Instigator2 min
  10. P2 12:12EDMColin Fraser: Fighting5 min
  11. P2 12:12EDMColin Fraser: Misconduct10 min
  12. P2 16:37EDMJason Strudwick: Fighting5 min
  13. P2 16:37CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  14. P2 17:16EDMTheo Peckham: High sticking2 min
  15. P3 10:16CGYCurtis Glencross: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 10:16EDMGilbert Brule: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 16:44EDMTheo Peckham: High sticking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
47% to win53% to win
← EDM attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jokinen won the faceoff against Gagner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCGY
32Shots on goal39
1.3Expected goals2.8
51Shot attempts68
25Faceoffs won32
3Power plays5
37Penalty minutes23
17Hits19
16Blocked shots13
13Giveaways10
4Takeaways14

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrule – Cogliano – Paajarvi4:26

    xG 0.29–0.10 (75%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  2. Horcoff – Eberle – Hall6:06

    xG 0.20–0.12 (62%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Hemsky – Penner – Gagner10:41

    xG 0.14–0.18 (44%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Brule – Cogliano – Hall7:05

    xG 0.05–0.25 (18%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gilbert – Peckham2:37

    xG 0.08–0.09 (47%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  2. Smid – Peckham2:21

    xG 0.06–0.08 (46%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Strudwick – Smid8:13

    xG 0.03–0.05 (43%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrison – Glencross – Backlund7:16

    xG 0.29–0.14 (68%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  2. Conroy – Jackman – Meyer2:37

    xG 0.06–0.03 (62%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Hagman – Bourque10:04

    xG 0.13–0.11 (54%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Stajan13:15

    xG 0.42–0.44 (49%)attempts 14–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Giordano10:13

    xG 0.52–0.26 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Staios – Bouwmeester13:13

    xG 0.53–0.31 (63%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  3. Staios – Giordano2:08

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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.

CGY 2.8 xGEDM 1.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 94/100 · #59 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +32 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 76% of the time.

CGY winsEDM wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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