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Sat, Jan 26, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Edmonton Oilers 3, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 81% of the time.

CGY winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1101416320
CGY21321309435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:16CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:25CGYJay BouwmeesterAssists: Mark Giordano, Lee Stempniak · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:19EDMJustin SchultzPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:59CGYCurtis GlencrossAssists: Jarome Iginla, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:47EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Justin Schultz, Shawn Horcoff · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:57CGYLee StempniakPPGWGAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Jiri Hudler · Deflected, 0.22 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:58EDMSam GagnerAssists: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:58EDMJordan Eberle: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:22EDMDarcy Hordichuk: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 19:14CGYCurtis Glencross: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:07EDMRyan Whitney: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 7:46CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:38EDMEric Belanger: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 9:38CGYBlair Jones: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 13:01EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 15:36CGYBlake Comeau: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 16:14EDMShawn Horcoff: Interference2 min
  11. P3 7:40EDMEric Belanger: Holding2 min
  12. P3 9:05CGYJarome Iginla: Hooking2 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
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Iginla
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCGY
20Shots on goal35
1.9Expected goals3.9
38Shot attempts55
25Faceoffs won35
4Power plays6
14Penalty minutes10
19Hits14
10Blocked shots7
13Giveaways10
4Takeaways8

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. Smyth – Horcoff – Paajarvi5:08

    xG 0.27–0.31 (46%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  2. Hemsky – Gagner – Yakupov10:45

    xG 0.24–0.29 (45%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:35

    xG 0.36–0.47 (44%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhitney – Fistric9:57

    xG 0.41–0.27 (60%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Schultz3:21

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Smid – Petry11:00

    xG 0.22–0.62 (26%)attempts 8–7goals 0–2

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Stempniak – Backlund10:24

    xG 0.68–0.24 (74%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Hudler – Cervenka10:32

    xG 0.56–0.30 (65%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Jones – Baertschi4:48

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Glencross9:35

    xG 0.39–0.28 (59%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Brodie12:20

    xG 1.04–0.22 (82%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Giordano13:59

    xG 0.76–0.26 (75%)attempts 12–5goals 3–0

  3. Sarich – Smith9:24

    xG 0.14–0.48 (23%)attempts 7–11goals 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 3.9 xGEDM 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 53/100 · #337 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CGY 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, Calgary Flames win this game 81% of the time.

CGY winsEDM wins

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

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