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Tue, Nov 8, 2011·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Minnesota Wild 3, Calgary Flames 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 50% of the time.

CGY winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1519112326
CGY015012014041

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:35MINDarroll PoweGWGAssists: Nick Johnson, Kyle Brodziak · Deflected, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:47MINDany HeatleyPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Marek Zidlicky · Deflected, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:22MINGuillaume LatendresseENAssists: Dany Heatley, Nate Prosser · Wrist, 0.65 xG3–0
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 6:31CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:31MINBrad Staubitz: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:24MINBrad Staubitz: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:52MINNate Prosser: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 7:19MINJustin Falk: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 11:37CGYMatt Stajan: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 13:41MINNick Johnson: Match penatly 10 minutes10 min
  8. P2 13:41CGYJarome Iginla: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 13:41MINNick Johnson: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 18:59MINMarek Zidlicky: Interference2 min
  11. P3 5:22MINMarco Scandella: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 10:15CGYAlex Tanguay: Holding2 min
  13. P3 13:16MINColton Gillies: Boarding2 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
45% to win55% to win
← MIN attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Jokinen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCGY
26Shots on goal41
3.6Expected goals3.6
40Shot attempts82
37Faceoffs won20
2Power plays7
32Penalty minutes14
7Hits13
27Blocked shots7
10Giveaways13
14Takeaways10

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBrodziak – Johnson – Powe6:24

    xG 0.32–0.10 (77%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  2. Heatley – Koivu – Latendresse9:34

    xG 0.42–0.28 (61%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Bouchard – Setoguchi8:57

    xG 0.31–0.35 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Schultz – Zidlicky10:05

    xG 0.10–0.22 (32%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  2. Falk – Prosser11:10

    xG 0.37–0.69 (35%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Scandella – Spurgeon11:12

    xG 0.75–1.18 (39%)attempts 10–20goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Tanguay – Horak6:49

    xG 0.38–0.04 (89%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Stajan – Stempniak – Bourque5:54

    xG 0.49–0.34 (59%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Iginla – Jokinen – Tanguay2:22

    xG 0.06–0.04 (61%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Letourneau-Leblond2:41

    xG 0.01–0.02 (36%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Giordano11:45

    xG 1.19–0.47 (72%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Butler9:45

    xG 0.82–0.15 (84%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Smith2:46

    xG 0.15–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–1goals 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 3.6 xGMIN 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #1072 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 50% of the time.

CGY winsMIN wins

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

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