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Sat, Nov 16, 2013·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Edmonton Oilers 4, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

CGY winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM04010410424
CGY112112011235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:23CGYSean MonahanAssists: Jiri Hudler · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:08CGYDennis WidemanAssists: Matt Stajan, Sven Baertschi · Slap, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P3 3:41EDMJordan EberleAssists: Taylor Hall, Anton Belov · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P3 8:18EDMAles HemskyAssists: Sam Gagner, Nail Yakupov · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–2
  5. P3 10:23EDMDavid PerronGWGAssists: Boyd Gordon, Ryan Smyth · Snap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:12EDMBoyd GordonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.64 xG4–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 13:45EDMLuke Gazdic: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 13:45CGYBrian McGrattan: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:49EDMAndrew Ference: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 16:49EDMAndrew Ference: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:49CGYLee Stempniak: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:53CGYJoe Colborne: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 7:42EDMAles Hemsky: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 10:11EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 13:36CGYSven Baertschi: Too many men on the ice2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
48% to win52% to win
← EDM attackCGY 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.

EDMCGY
24Shots on goal35
2.9Expected goals2.7
40Shot attempts62
25Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
16Penalty minutes14
21Hits33
14Blocked shots8
16Giveaways17
4Takeaways9

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Gagner – Yakupov12:08

    xG 0.39–0.25 (61%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  2. Joensuu – Gazdic – Acton3:33

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:28

    xG 0.47–0.63 (43%)attempts 10–13goals 1–1

  4. Smyth – Gordon – Perron12:04

    xG 0.18–0.82 (18%)attempts 6–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Larsen3:10

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Petry3:38

    xG 0.29–0.15 (66%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Petry – Belov4:07

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Stempniak – Baertschi9:26

    xG 0.73–0.15 (83%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

  2. Cammalleri – Hudler – Monahan12:08

    xG 0.67–0.22 (76%)attempts 14–8goals 1–1

  3. Jones – Galiardi – Backlund9:55

    xG 0.20–0.03 (87%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. McGrattan – Colborne – Bouma2:34

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Russell19:06

    xG 1.13–0.59 (66%)attempts 20–18goals 2–2

  2. Smid – Smith8:51

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Butler – Brodie12:46

    xG 0.33–0.11 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 0–1

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 2.7 xGEDM 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 65/100 · #351 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 55% of the time.

CGY winsEDM wins

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

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