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Sun, Apr 21, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Calgary Flames 4, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 62% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1517212424
MIN114011010135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:37CGYMark CundariPPAssists: TJ Brodie, Michael Cammalleri · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:44MINZach PariseAssists: Charlie Coyle, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:50CGYMikael BacklundGWGAssists: Lee Stempniak, Sven Baertschi · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–1
  4. P3 12:40CGYMichael CammalleriPPAssists: Mark Cundari, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 19:28CGYJiri HudlerENAssists: Max Reinhart, Mark Giordano · Wrist, 0.68 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:38CGYMichael Cammalleri: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:44CGYTim Jackman: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:38MINMikael Granlund: Interference2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:06CGYCory Sarich: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:06MINClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 6:06CGYLee Stempniak: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 12:01MINTom Gilbert: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:02MINCharlie Coyle: Tripping2 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 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMIN
24Shots on goal35
2.6Expected goals3.2
46Shot attempts66
25Faceoffs won36
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes11
17Hits18
17Blocked shots14
5Giveaways8
4Takeaways3

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. Stempniak – Byron – Street10:44

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Stajan – Hanowski10:16

    xG 0.06–0.38 (13%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

  3. Cammalleri – Backlund – Baertschi9:55

    xG 0.26–0.59 (31%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  4. Hudler – Horak – Reinhart10:19

    xG 0.14–0.60 (19%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Cundari3:51

    xG 0.46–0.06 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 1–0

  2. Carson – Brodie3:03

    xG 0.24–0.05 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Butler – Brodie4:40

    xG 0.15–0.05 (74%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Coyle15:18

    xG 1.21–0.05 (96%)attempts 19–5goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Clutterbuck – Granlund4:40

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Bouchard – Brodziak11:15

    xG 0.29–0.31 (49%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Cullen – Setoguchi – Zucker7:43

    xG 0.09–0.16 (35%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin18:51

    xG 1.02–0.18 (85%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon5:52

    xG 0.70–0.07 (90%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Spurgeon3:21

    xG 0.09–0.01 (87%)attempts 1–2goals 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 3.2 xGCGY 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 38/100 · #474 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 62% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).