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Tue, Mar 13, 2018·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Edmonton Oilers 0, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

CGY winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM0110908028
CGY010112010132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:18CGYJohnny GaudreauGWGAssists: Sean Monahan, Micheal Ferland · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:32CGYTravis Hamonic: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:32EDMDarnell Nurse: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:19CGYMatt Stajan: Interference2 min
  4. P2 6:45EDMDrake Caggiula: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 10:54EDMMichael Cammalleri: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 15:14CGYCurtis Lazar: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 18:07CGYDougie Hamilton: Interference2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
46% to win54% to win
← EDM attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCGY
28Shots on goal32
2.6Expected goals2.7
54Shot attempts64
21Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
16Hits23
16Blocked shots15
11Giveaways7
6Takeaways11

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – Aberg – McDavid10:15

    xG 0.61–0.25 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi2:18

    xG 0.07–0.01 (90%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Strome – McDavid2:34

    xG 0.01–0.01 (52%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Khaira – Caggiula5:44

    xG 0.36–0.50 (42%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Larsson – Nurse14:45

    xG 0.69–0.66 (51%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

  2. Russell – Bear17:42

    xG 0.63–0.71 (47%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Benning11:10

    xG 0.51–0.73 (41%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFerland – Gaudreau – Monahan12:11

    xG 0.79–0.25 (76%)attempts 14–6goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Stewart – Lazar6:56

    xG 0.67–0.26 (72%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  3. Brouwer – Shore – Hathaway9:24

    xG 0.43–0.26 (63%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Bennett14:07

    xG 0.39–0.79 (33%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStone – Kulak9:45

    xG 0.87–0.54 (62%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Brodie16:41

    xG 0.78–0.49 (61%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  3. Stone – Brodie2:12

    xG 0.15–0.10 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

CGY 2.7 xGEDM 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYEDM

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CGY's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CGY is favoured, below it EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 1/100 · #1261 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 54% of the time.

CGY winsEDM wins

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

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