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Sat, Apr 9, 2016·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Calgary Flames 2, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 82% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0506214225
MIN01311805136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:00MINZac DalpeAssists: Ryan Carter, Christian Folin · Backhand, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P3 13:35CGYBrandon BolligAssists: Drew Shore, Turner Elson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:06CGYPatrick SieloffGWGAssists: Mikael Backlund, Micheal Ferland · Backhand, 0.01 xG2–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 13:28CGYPatrick Sieloff: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:16CGYDougie Hamilton: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 3:06MINNino Niederreiter: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 3:06CGYMark Giordano: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 3:06CGYMikael Backlund: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 6:45MINRyan Carter: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 6:45CGYMicheal Ferland: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 17:35CGYDougie Hamilton: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 6:11MINMikko Koivu: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 9:26CGYMatt Stajan: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 18:01MINZac Dalpe: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against Stajan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMIN
25Shots on goal36
1.3Expected goals3.2
39Shot attempts68
22Faceoffs won38
2Power plays5
14Penalty minutes8
8Hits14
17Blocked shots9
8Giveaways4
4Takeaways5

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. Gaudreau – Jooris – Bennett2:24

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJokipakka – Hamilton8:02

    xG 0.37–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Sieloff5:53

    xG 0.23–0.09 (72%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  3. Sieloff – Kylington2:59

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPorter – Jones – Granlund5:19

    xG 0.15–0.06 (71%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Zucker – Coyle7:27

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 7–6goals 0–1

  3. Carter – Dalpe – Fontaine5:24

    xG 0.02–0.11 (17%)attempts 2–5goals 1–1

  4. Pominville – Haula – Niederreiter6:41

    xG 0.02–0.32 (5%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Brodin – Folin8:24

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Spurgeon9:50

    xG 0.19–0.17 (53%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

  3. Scandella – Dumba9:47

    xG 0.16–0.43 (27%)attempts 4–13goals 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.

MIN 3.2 xGCGY 1.3 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 49/100 · #593 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.59 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +37 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 82% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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