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Sat, Apr 13, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 4, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 64% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY115211112438
EDM11101107129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:26CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Sven Baertschi, TJ Brodie · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 1:44EDMLennart PetrellAssists: Ryan Jones, Shawn Horcoff · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:55CGYDennis WidemanPPGWGAssists: Tim Jackman, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.52 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:13CGYSven BaertschiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 10:19CGYMax ReinhartAssists: Tim Jackman, Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:38CGYMichael Cammalleri: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:46EDMNick Schultz: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 15:34EDMLadislav Smid: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 0:00EDMMagnus Paajarvi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:46EDMJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 14:30CGYJiri Hudler: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 19:59CGYMax Reinhart: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 14:29EDMJeff Petry: Interference2 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 20:00Gagner won the faceoff against Horak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
38Shots on goal29
4.2Expected goals3.2
71Shot attempts46
18Faceoffs won28
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
27Hits26
7Blocked shots18
8Giveaways17
4Takeaways6

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. bestJackman – Hudler – Reinhart9:17

    xG 0.49–0.14 (78%)attempts 14–4goals 1–0

  2. Begin – Street – Cervenka4:16

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Stempniak – Backlund – Baertschi11:01

    xG 0.89–1.03 (46%)attempts 16–13goals 2–0

  4. Cammalleri – Aliu – Horak8:16

    xG 0.14–0.37 (28%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Butler – Brodie2:20

    xG 0.17–0.14 (55%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Giordano2:02

    xG 0.12–0.11 (54%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Carson – Butler7:08

    xG 0.17–0.21 (44%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:02

    xG 1.27–0.37 (77%)attempts 18–13goals 0–1

  2. Horcoff – Jones – Petrell5:27

    xG 0.41–0.15 (73%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. Gagner – Paajarvi – Yakupov9:47

    xG 0.38–0.40 (49%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

  4. Smyth – Smithson – Brown5:59

    xG 0.06–0.38 (13%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWhitney – Potter8:52

    xG 0.48–0.06 (89%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  2. Schultz – Schultz9:44

    xG 0.94–0.56 (62%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Potter – Smid2:00

    xG 0.32–0.03 (92%)attempts 3–3goals 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 3.2 xGCGY 4.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 43/100 · #427 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 64% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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