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Sat, Jan 14, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 1, Edmonton Oilers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 68% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY0814013000125
EDM051808062227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 16:24EDMPatrick MaroonPPAssists: Drake Caggiula, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.21 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:50CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Dougie Hamilton · Wrist, 0.43 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Leon Draisaitl scored
  2. 2. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
  3. 3. EDM Mark Letestu scored
  4. 4. CGY Johnny Gaudreau stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 5:14CGYJyrki Jokipakka: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:09EDMLeon Draisaitl: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 16:02CGYMatt Stajan: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 16:02EDMDrake Caggiula: Embellishment2 min
  5. P2 15:09CGYJyrki Jokipakka: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 14:36CGYDougie Hamilton: 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
44% to win56% 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
25Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals2.0
50Shot attempts50
25Faceoffs won29
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
34Hits30
19Blocked shots13
11Giveaways12
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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Gaudreau – Bennett10:17

    xG 0.97–0.15 (87%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk11:18

    xG 0.33–0.06 (85%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Bouma – Hathaway7:41

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Versteeg – Brouwer – Monahan8:17

    xG 0.15–0.21 (42%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Brodie17:26

    xG 1.23–0.17 (88%)attempts 16–12goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton15:34

    xG 0.74–0.11 (87%)attempts 14–7goals 1–0

  3. Engelland – Jokipakka13:17

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Pouliot – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins11:21

    xG 0.28–0.27 (51%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Slepyshev – Caggiula9:23

    xG 0.08–0.15 (34%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Hendricks – Letestu – Kassian8:20

    xG 0.07–0.16 (32%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Maroon – Draisaitl – McDavid12:50

    xG 0.17–0.83 (17%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gryba – Klefbom3:10

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  2. Gryba – Davidson9:17

    xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Klefbom2:10

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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 2.0 xGCGY 3.0 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 40/100 · #690 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 68% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

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

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