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Mon, Apr 1, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 1, Edmonton Oilers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 66% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01007117134
EDM3601113420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:52EDMJustin SchultzAssists: Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:55EDMTaylor HallGWGAssists: Justin Schultz · Backhand, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:28EDMRyan JonesAssists: Nail Yakupov, Justin Schultz · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:30EDMNail YakupovAssists: Ryan Jones, Ryan Whitney · Snap, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 18:28CGYBrian McGrattanAssists: Tim Jackman, Steve Begin · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 8:30CGYBlake Comeau: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 8:30EDMLadislav Smid: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 7:10EDMMagnus Paajarvi: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 18:57CGYBrian McGrattan: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 18:57CGYTim Jackman: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 18:57EDMRyan Smyth: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 18:57EDMMike Brown: Roughing2 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
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stajan won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
34Shots on goal20
2.8Expected goals1.9
62Shot attempts46
39Faceoffs won20
1Power plays0
6Penalty minutes8
26Hits25
15Blocked shots12
11Giveaways13
8Takeaways10

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. bestHudler – Backlund – Cervenka12:44

    xG 0.99–0.22 (82%)attempts 19–8goals 0–2

  2. Stajan – Stempniak – Glencross12:52

    xG 0.42–0.35 (55%)attempts 8–10goals 0–2

  3. Tanguay – Cammalleri – Comeau12:05

    xG 0.52–0.46 (53%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  4. Begin – McGrattan – Jackman8:55

    xG 0.27–0.37 (42%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Smith10:23

    xG 0.85–0.26 (76%)attempts 18–9goals 0–1

  2. Butler – Brodie17:17

    xG 0.93–0.64 (59%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Brodie3:56

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:30

    xG 0.59–0.31 (66%)attempts 13–11goals 2–0

  2. Horcoff – Jones – Yakupov11:15

    xG 0.49–0.51 (49%)attempts 7–11goals 2–0

  3. Smyth – Brown – Petrell11:49

    xG 0.35–0.38 (48%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

  4. Hemsky – Gagner – Paajarvi9:41

    xG 0.10–0.77 (12%)attempts 7–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Schultz14:21

    xG 0.88–0.60 (59%)attempts 19–14goals 3–1

  2. Whitney – Potter17:24

    xG 0.39–0.69 (36%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

  3. Smid – Petry20:08

    xG 0.58–1.20 (33%)attempts 9–24goals 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 1.9 xGCGY 2.8 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 13/100 · #617 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.44 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 56% (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, Calgary Flames win this game 66% 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).