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Fri, Mar 16, 2012·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 1, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 76% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY091802119
EDM2901016325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:12EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 15:18EDMJordan EberleGWGAssists: Teemu Hartikainen, Jeff Petry · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:24CGYMark GiordanoUnassisted · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:25EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Ryan Jones, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:18CGYCory Sarich: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 1:18EDMRyan Whitney: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 1:18EDMRyan Whitney: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:47CGYMark Giordano: Holding2 min
  5. P2 2:50CGYAlex Tanguay: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 8:42EDMAles Hemsky: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 8:42CGYMark Giordano: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 3:27CGYSven Baertschi: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 10:53EDMAles Hemsky: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 10:53CGYBlake Comeau: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 15:57CGYAnton Babchuk: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 16:17CGYDavid Moss: Tripping2 min
  13. P3 19:54CGYJarome Iginla: 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
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
19Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals3.0
47Shot attempts47
27Faceoffs won28
1Power plays6
18Penalty minutes8
21Hits33
15Blocked shots14
13Giveaways15
6Takeaways7

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. bestKostopoulos – Moss – Horak2:33

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 1–0

  2. Jokinen – Glencross – Comeau5:21

    xG 0.12–0.08 (61%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Tanguay – Stajan15:30

    xG 0.47–0.53 (47%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  4. Jokinen – Moss – Glencross2:59

    xG 0.07–0.34 (17%)attempts 2–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBabchuk – Smith8:21

    xG 0.47–0.09 (84%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Bouwmeester11:17

    xG 0.46–0.22 (68%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Babchuk2:28

    xG 0.00–0.02 (11%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins4:47

    xG 0.55–0.11 (83%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Hemsky – Gagner – Hartikainen5:54

    xG 0.20–0.10 (66%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

  3. Belanger – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins2:15

    xG 0.06–0.00 (97%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Smyth – Horcoff – Petrell6:18

    xG 0.07–0.04 (65%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Whitney12:04

    xG 0.54–0.28 (66%)attempts 8–15goals 1–0

  2. Sutton – Potter2:31

    xG 0.23–0.04 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Potter – Peckham7:47

    xG 0.15–0.03 (83%)attempts 4–4goals 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.

EDM 3.0 xGCGY 1.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 17/100 · #997 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 76% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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