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Wed, Oct 4, 2017·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 0, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 90% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0130905027
EDM116013216345

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:01EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Patrick Maroon · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P3 8:07EDMConnor McDavidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:01EDMConnor McDavidENAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.72 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:12EDMKris Russell: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 15:43EDMZack Kassian: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:43CGYTanner Glass: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 17:16CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 6:23CGYDougie Hamilton: Hooking2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nugent-Hopkins won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
27Shots on goal45
1.9Expected goals4.8
58Shot attempts80
29Faceoffs won34
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
29Hits31
17Blocked shots18
18Giveaways16
11Takeaways18

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. bestFerland – Gaudreau – Monahan13:37

    xG 0.74–0.51 (59%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  2. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk12:45

    xG 0.34–0.49 (41%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Stajan – Glass – Hathaway7:53

    xG 0.05–0.39 (11%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Versteeg – Brouwer – Bennett11:13

    xG 0.10–0.65 (13%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton17:37

    xG 0.90–0.78 (54%)attempts 22–16goals 0–0

  2. Stone – Brodie3:40

    xG 0.08–0.39 (17%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Bartkowski12:32

    xG 0.18–0.62 (22%)attempts 10–20goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Draisaitl – McDavid15:19

    xG 1.98–0.50 (80%)attempts 34–15goals 2–0

  2. Letestu – Kassian – Khaira5:04

    xG 0.38–0.11 (78%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins5:48

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Strome – Caggiula8:50

    xG 0.20–0.32 (39%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom17:25

    xG 1.80–0.39 (82%)attempts 35–13goals 2–0

  2. Gryba – Nurse15:52

    xG 0.37–0.25 (60%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Benning14:45

    xG 0.78–0.78 (50%)attempts 16–24goals 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 4.8 xGCGY 1.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1219 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 90% 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).