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Mon, Apr 15, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Minnesota Wild 4, Calgary Flames 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 51% of the time.

CGY winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1611229427
CGY0110339323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:17MINMikko KoivuAssists: Zach Parise, Tom Gilbert · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:13MINJason PominvilleAssists: Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:42CGYJiri HudlerAssists: Roman Horak, Roman Cervenka · Deflected, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:53MINPierre-Marc BouchardAssists: Devin Setoguchi · Snap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:06MINJason PominvilleGWGAssists: Matt Cullen, Jonas Brodin · Slap, 0.09 xG4–1
  6. P3 11:19CGYBen HanowskiAssists: Mikael Backlund, Curtis Glencross · Wrist, 0.28 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:20CGYSven BaertschiAssists: Michael Cammalleri, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 18:12MINRyan Suter: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 1:27MINJason Zucker: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 18:28CGYMark Giordano: High sticking double minor4 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horak won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCGY
27Shots on goal23
2.1Expected goals2.0
54Shot attempts33
37Faceoffs won28
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
14Hits13
4Blocked shots16
9Giveaways6
10Takeaways8

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Coyle12:53

    xG 0.76–0.48 (61%)attempts 17–4goals 1–1

  2. Pominville – Bouchard – Brodziak11:00

    xG 0.26–0.05 (84%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  3. Cullen – Setoguchi – Zucker8:36

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Rupp – Mitchell – Clutterbuck9:21

    xG 0.10–0.26 (28%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestClark – Spurgeon14:05

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  2. Suter – Brodin18:04

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 16–8goals 3–0

  3. Gilbert – Stoner13:41

    xG 0.52–0.63 (45%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStempniak – Reinhart – Baertschi8:18

    xG 0.48–0.13 (79%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  2. Hudler – Horak – Cervenka2:38

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 1–0

  3. Hudler – Glencross – Backlund7:17

    xG 0.29–0.20 (59%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  4. Cammalleri – Hanowski – Horak7:41

    xG 0.12–0.31 (27%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarson – Butler11:20

    xG 0.38–0.17 (68%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Wideman – Brodie15:03

    xG 0.57–0.47 (55%)attempts 9–14goals 1–2

  3. Sarich – Giordano13:57

    xG 0.53–0.45 (54%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

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 2.0 xGMIN 2.1 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #230 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 51% of the time.

CGY winsMIN wins

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

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