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Sat, Mar 26, 2011·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 5, Edmonton Oilers 4 (SO)

Expected result

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

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY06111313011531
EDM1102714000421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:24EDMMagnus PaajarviAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Linus Omark · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:22CGYJarome IginlaPPAssists: Mark Giordano, Tom Kostopoulos · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:21EDMTeemu HartikainenAssists: Jordan Eberle, Theo Peckham · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:34EDMColin FraserSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 3:31EDMRyan JonesAssists: Ryan O'Marra, Liam Reddox · Backhand, 0.51 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:55CGYJarome IginlaPPAssists: Mark Giordano, Mikael Backlund · Snap, 0.05 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:09CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Jarome Iginla, Mark Giordano · Snap, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:05CGYSteve StaiosAssists: Rene Bourque, Olli Jokinen · Slap, 0.05 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. CGY Alex Tanguay scored
  3. 3. EDM Ryan Jones stopped
  4. 4. CGY Rene Bourque stopped
  5. 5. EDM Teemu Hartikainen stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:01EDMSteve MacIntyre: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 7:22EDMSteve MacIntyre: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:06EDMJeff Petry: Closing hand on puck2 min
  4. P3 5:15EDMTeemu Hartikainen: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. OT 4:17CGYRobyn Regehr: High sticking2 min
  6. OT 4:58CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 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 SOG0EDM
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against O'Marra
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
31Shots on goal21
2.1Expected goals1.9
58Shot attempts44
31Faceoffs won36
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
19Hits38
15Blocked shots16
15Giveaways17
7Takeaways15

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. bestJokinen – Glencross – Bourque11:07

    xG 0.33–0.06 (84%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Tanguay – Bourque5:56

    xG 0.18–0.10 (65%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Kostopoulos – Kotalik – Jackman4:53

    xG 0.02–0.02 (55%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Kostopoulos – Nemisz – Bouma4:11

    xG 0.05–0.10 (34%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Staios – Regehr2:19

    xG 0.06–0.02 (72%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Sarich – Regehr2:23

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Giordano5:26

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Reddox – O'Marra10:35

    xG 0.63–0.01 (98%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Omark – Paajarvi12:08

    xG 0.70–0.23 (76%)attempts 15–6goals 1–1

  3. VandeVelde – Eberle – Hartikainen12:48

    xG 0.35–0.17 (67%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  4. Jacques – Fraser – Paajarvi2:17

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Smid17:38

    xG 0.77–0.11 (88%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Strudwick – Peckham13:00

    xG 0.76–0.14 (85%)attempts 10–11goals 2–0

  3. Vandermeer – Petry19:33

    xG 0.19–0.41 (31%)attempts 12–17goals 0–2

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.

EDM 1.9 xGCGY 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 96/100 · #43 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.20 · 8 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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.

EDM winsCGY wins

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

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