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Thu, Jan 25, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 3, Edmonton Oilers 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 69% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY21407110061337
EDM010214110032437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:32CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Troy Brouwer, Mikael Backlund · Slap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:21CGYMark GiordanoAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:50EDMBrandon DavidsonAssists: Jesse Puljujarvi, Ryan Strome · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:54EDMZack KassianAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.28 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:16EDMBrandon DavidsonAssists: Ryan Strome · Slap, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:50CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Mikael Backlund · Slap, 0.32 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Michael Cammalleri scored
  2. 2. CGY Micheal Ferland stopped
  3. 3. EDM Leon Draisaitl stopped
  4. 4. CGY Matthew Tkachuk scored
  5. 5. EDM Connor McDavid scored
  6. 6. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 4:24EDMJujhar Khaira: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:42CGYMatt Stajan: Holding2 min
  3. P1 14:43EDMZack Kassian: Misconduct10 min
  4. P1 19:00EDMDarnell Nurse: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 19:00CGYGarnet Hathaway: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P2 0:22CGYMikael Backlund: Holding2 min
  7. P2 10:30EDMMichael Cammalleri: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 17:00CGYGarnet Hathaway: High sticking2 min
  9. P2 18:36EDMCam Talbot: Delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
  10. P3 1:53CGYRyan Lomberg: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 1:53EDMZack Kassian: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  12. P3 1:53EDMZack Kassian: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 1:53EDMZack Kassian: Game misconduct10 min
  14. P3 1:53EDMZack Kassian: Misconduct10 min
  15. OT 1:16CGYDavid Rittich: Misconduct10 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 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
37Shots on goal37
5.1Expected goals3.7
70Shot attempts68
34Faceoffs won44
4Power plays3
23Penalty minutes45
30Hits23
16Blocked shots18
12Giveaways12
6Takeaways16

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. bestStajan – Lazar – Lomberg6:08

    xG 0.80–0.13 (86%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan9:13

    xG 0.85–0.30 (74%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Brouwer – Backlund – Tkachuk10:57

    xG 0.78–0.38 (67%)attempts 10–7goals 2–1

  4. Jankowski – Hathaway – Bennett9:26

    xG 0.36–0.33 (52%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Brodie16:51

    xG 1.72–0.25 (87%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton14:33

    xG 1.06–0.89 (54%)attempts 18–16goals 1–2

  3. Brodie – Hamilton2:07

    xG 0.04–0.06 (42%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestCammalleri – Draisaitl – McDavid6:59

    xG 0.60–0.09 (87%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Slepyshev – McDavid – Caggiula2:37

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Maroon – Kassian – Strome6:12

    xG 0.18–0.31 (37%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Slepyshev – Draisaitl – McDavid3:55

    xG 0.01–0.18 (5%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDavidson – Klefbom6:52

    xG 0.58–0.26 (69%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Benning – Auvitu2:17

    xG 0.03–0.09 (28%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Davidson2:57

    xG 0.10–0.28 (26%)attempts 2–2goals 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 3.7 xGCGY 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 86/100 · #183 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.16 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 13% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +28 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 69% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

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

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

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