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Thu, Oct 9, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 5, Edmonton Oilers 2

Expected result

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

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY2704315526
EDM114111015240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:16CGYMason RaymondAssists: Mark Giordano, Joe Colborne · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:16CGYJiri HudlerAssists: Sean Monahan, Paul Byron · Snap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 12:59EDMTeddy PurcellPPAssists: David Perron, Nail Yakupov · Snap, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:25EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Justin Schultz · Slap, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 4:23CGYMason RaymondGWGAssists: Lance Bouma, Joe Colborne · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:42CGYMason RaymondAssists: Joe Colborne, Jiri Hudler · Deflected, 0.18 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:20CGYTJ BrodiePPAssists: Curtis Glencross, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.24 xG5–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:42CGYJoe Colborne: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:44EDMJordan Eberle: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 10:14CGYTJ Brodie: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:34CGYMatt Stajan: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 18:24EDMBenoit Pouliot: Slashing2 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
26Shots on goal40
2.5Expected goals2.8
39Shot attempts75
27Faceoffs won39
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits18
18Blocked shots6
13Giveaways6
5Takeaways8

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 – Byron – Monahan9:31

    xG 0.57–0.26 (69%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  2. Raymond – Colborne – Bouma3:02

    xG 0.30–0.05 (85%)attempts 4–5goals 2–0

  3. Jones – Glencross – Backlund13:00

    xG 0.27–0.20 (57%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Bollig – Gaudreau2:31

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Brodie3:16

    xG 0.26–0.07 (79%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Smid – Diaz11:25

    xG 0.57–0.50 (53%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  3. Engelland – Russell17:29

    xG 0.41–0.50 (45%)attempts 6–21goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Gordon – Joensuu8:12

    xG 0.82–0.33 (71%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1

  2. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins14:31

    xG 0.42–0.15 (73%)attempts 18–5goals 0–2

  3. Pouliot – Yakupov – Draisaitl11:46

    xG 0.32–0.37 (46%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  4. Purcell – Perron – Arcobello12:27

    xG 0.45–0.62 (42%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFerence – Petry13:25

    xG 0.97–0.18 (85%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Hunt16:45

    xG 0.41–0.30 (58%)attempts 18–8goals 0–1

  3. Nikitin – Fayne15:01

    xG 0.56–0.80 (41%)attempts 19–10goals 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.

EDM 2.8 xGCGY 2.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 70/100 · #318 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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.

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).