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Fri, Nov 5, 2010·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Calgary Flames 1, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 74% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY111011012134
MIN1100914223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:45CGYRene BourquePPAssists: Mark Giordano, Brendan Morrison · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:30MINCal ClutterbuckAssists: Andrew Brunette, Justin Falk · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 4:20MINMartin HavlatGWGAssists: Matt Cullen, Nick Schultz · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:23MINBrad Staubitz: Charging2 min · PPG
  2. P1 9:23CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 9:23MINBrad Staubitz: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:14MINMatt Kassian: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:47CGYOlli Jokinen: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:36MINBrad Staubitz: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 16:50CGYMark Giordano: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 5:35MINKyle Brodziak: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 18:43CGYAlex Tanguay: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0MIN
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Madden
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMIN
34Shots on goal23
2.1Expected goals1.0
71Shot attempts36
31Faceoffs won23
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
25Hits31
9Blocked shots23
2Giveaways8
4Takeaways3

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. bestMorrison – Moss – Backlund10:58

    xG 0.44–0.14 (76%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Tanguay – Stajan11:19

    xG 0.31–0.16 (66%)attempts 16–7goals 0–1

  3. Conroy – Jackman – Meyer7:11

    xG 0.19–0.05 (78%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Hagman – Bourque10:33

    xG 0.08–0.39 (17%)attempts 1–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Giordano14:01

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 20–7goals 0–1

  2. Sarich – Bouwmeester13:53

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  3. Regehr – White14:30

    xG 0.22–0.35 (39%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Havlat – Brodziak10:50

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Brunette – Koivu – Clutterbuck10:24

    xG 0.30–0.25 (55%)attempts 10–11goals 1–0

  3. Brunette – Havlat – Koivu2:20

    xG 0.01–0.04 (15%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Staubitz – Kassian – Almond3:57

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Burns14:57

    xG 0.29–0.30 (49%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  2. Zanon – Barker2:15

    xG 0.03–0.12 (19%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Zanon – Zidlicky14:05

    xG 0.33–0.42 (44%)attempts 10–15goals 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.

MIN 1.0 xGCGY 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 35/100 · #774 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 74% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).