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Tue, Nov 5, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Calgary Flames 1, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 60% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY180908125
MIN171839524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:24CGYJiri HudlerAssists: Lance Bouma, Chad Billins · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:07MINMikko KoivuAssists: Zach Parise, Charlie Coyle · Backhand, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:28MINZach ParisePPGWGAssists: Ryan Suter, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.37 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:05MINJustin FontaineAssists: Matt Cooke, Kyle Brodziak · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 8:38MINZenon KonopkaAssists: Torrey Mitchell, Marco Scandella · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P3 13:14MINZach PariseAssists: Mikko Koivu, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–5
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 15:00CGYKris Russell: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:03MINMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 5:11CGYLance Bouma: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:50MINJason Pominville: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 8:45CGYTim Jackman: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 8:45CGYTim Jackman: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 8:45CGYTim Jackman: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 8:45MINClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 10:32MINNino Niederreiter: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 12:57MINMatt Cooke: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 12:57CGYTJ Galiardi: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 14:11MINJason Pominville: 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 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% 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
25Shots on goal24
1.6Expected goals2.1
46Shot attempts43
19Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
23Penalty minutes15
16Hits12
15Blocked shots9
7Giveaways4
6Takeaways11

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 – Bouma – Monahan4:49

    xG 0.31–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Jackman – Hudler – Monahan4:08

    xG 0.17–0.04 (81%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  3. McGrattan – Jackman – Backlund4:17

    xG 0.04–0.08 (36%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Jones – Glencross7:31

    xG 0.10–0.38 (20%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Butler – Brodie16:25

    xG 0.48–0.61 (44%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  2. O'Brien – Billins9:31

    xG 0.03–0.17 (16%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

  3. Wideman – Russell15:12

    xG 0.10–0.39 (21%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Parise – Coyle12:34

    xG 0.79–0.29 (73%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  2. Cooke – Brodziak – Fontaine9:16

    xG 0.05–0.10 (34%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

  3. Pominville – Granlund – Niederreiter9:34

    xG 0.02–0.12 (11%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Heatley – Konopka – Mitchell7:48

    xG 0.25–0.39 (40%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin21:27

    xG 0.66–0.28 (70%)attempts 13–19goals 0–0

  2. Stoner – Scandella2:26

    xG 0.01–0.01 (49%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Scandella – Spurgeon10:10

    xG 0.20–0.28 (41%)attempts 11–4goals 2–0

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 2.1 xGCGY 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 26/100 · #854 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 60% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

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

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