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Tue, Feb 26, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Calgary Flames 1, Minnesota Wild 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 68% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY112050400121
MIN090111911230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:18CGYAlex TanguayPPAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Jay Bouwmeester · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P3 15:41MINJason ZuckerAssists: Devin Setoguchi, Ryan Suter · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:27MINZach ParisePPGWGAssists: Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter · Backhand, 0.17 xG1–2
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 6:06CGYTJ Brodie: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:11MINJason Zucker: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:23CGYRoman Cervenka: Interference2 min
  4. P1 13:23MINDevin Setoguchi: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 16:48MINJared Spurgeon: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 0:12CGYMatt Stajan: Interference2 min
  7. P2 1:31MINZach Parise: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 2:15CGYDennis Wideman: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 7:51CGYMichael Cammalleri: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 10:42MINTorrey Mitchell: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 12:24CGYCurtis Glencross: High sticking2 min
  12. P2 14:52MINCharlie Coyle: Elbowing5 min
  13. P3 3:58CGYChris Butler: Tripping2 min
  14. P3 10:26MINJonas Brodin: High sticking double minor4 min
  15. P3 19:17CGYMark Giordano: Delaying game smothering puck2 min · PPG

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
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMIN
21Shots on goal30
1.6Expected goals2.4
29Shot attempts65
23Faceoffs won40
7Power plays7
16Penalty minutes19
9Hits19
18Blocked shots7
2Giveaways10
3Takeaways2

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. Begin – Jackman – Comeau2:23

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Stempniak – Glencross5:57

    xG 0.10–0.12 (46%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Tanguay – Stajan7:18

    xG 0.10–0.21 (32%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. Hudler – Baertschi – Cervenka7:58

    xG 0.12–0.44 (21%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Butler – Smith8:36

    xG 0.15–0.15 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Giordano10:24

    xG 0.05–0.34 (12%)attempts 2–12goals 0–1

  3. Wideman – Brodie9:58

    xG 0.07–0.42 (15%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Coyle8:23

    xG 0.33–0.08 (82%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Heatley – Bouchard – Brodziak7:22

    xG 0.25–0.07 (77%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Cullen – Setoguchi – Zucker4:33

    xG 0.18–0.13 (59%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  4. Rupp – Mitchell – Granlund2:27

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Falk5:24

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Suter – Brodin12:52

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  3. Stoner – Spurgeon9:45

    xG 0.31–0.16 (67%)attempts 12–4goals 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.

MIN 2.4 xGCGY 1.6 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 81/100 · #143 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.19 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 68% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

Simulated goal difference (MIN − 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).