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Sat, Mar 1, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 2, Edmonton Oilers 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 62% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY1110301313230
EDM09061700122

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:15CGYSean MonahanAssists: Joe Colborne, Mark Giordano · Snap, 0.30 xG1–0
  2. P3 9:43EDMDavid PerronAssists: Jordan Eberle, Sam Gagner · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:50CGYSean MonahanGWGAssists: Paul Byron, Ladislav Smid · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:16EDMLuke Gazdic: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 10:16CGYKevin Westgarth: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 2:13CGYMark Giordano: Holding2 min
  4. P2 7:12CGYLadislav Smid: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 17:44EDMRyan Jones: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 18:40EDMAndrew Ference: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 6:25EDMJeff Petry: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 16:45EDMTaylor Hall: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 16:45CGYDennis Wideman: Roughing2 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
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Gordon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
30Shots on goal22
3.2Expected goals2.5
65Shot attempts64
27Faceoffs won38
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
19Hits25
27Blocked shots19
11Giveaways16
7Takeaways6

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. bestCammalleri – Stajan – Jones11:22

    xG 0.81–0.59 (58%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Colborne – Granlund – Monahan10:17

    xG 0.48–0.36 (57%)attempts 5–13goals 1–1

  3. Hudler – Galiardi – Backlund12:51

    xG 0.50–0.43 (54%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie14:49

    xG 1.09–0.47 (70%)attempts 21–12goals 1–1

  2. Smid – Brodie2:51

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Smid10:18

    xG 0.39–0.38 (51%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Jones – Gazdic5:05

    xG 0.34–0.19 (65%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Perron – Eberle11:56

    xG 0.28–0.33 (45%)attempts 12–12goals 1–0

  3. Hendricks – Gordon – Joensuu9:17

    xG 0.23–0.39 (37%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins13:12

    xG 0.74–0.97 (43%)attempts 17–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Schultz14:55

    xG 0.83–0.27 (76%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Ference – Schultz2:08

    xG 0.18–0.12 (61%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Fraser11:29

    xG 0.19–0.54 (26%)attempts 7–13goals 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 2.5 xGCGY 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 33/100 · #746 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 62% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

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

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