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Sun, Dec 9, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 0, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 64% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01001004024
EDM1160707130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:18EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Alex Chiasson, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:36CGYJames Neal: Interference2 min
  2. P1 15:21CGYAnthony Peluso: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 15:21EDMMilan Lucic: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:21CGYAnthony Peluso: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 6:23EDMDarnell Nurse: Holding2 min
  6. P3 2:26EDMKyle Brodziak: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:27CGYSam Bennett: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  8. P3 8:50CGYDalton Prout: Illegal check to head2 min
  9. P3 14:19CGYElias Lindholm: Slashing2 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 Ryan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
24Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals2.7
52Shot attempts53
32Faceoffs won17
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
28Hits32
14Blocked shots20
17Giveaways22
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. bestBennett – Ryan – Tkachuk7:06

    xG 0.61–0.29 (68%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan11:49

    xG 0.50–0.23 (68%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Quine – Bennett – Tkachuk2:36

    xG 0.14–0.04 (76%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Peluso – Quine – Hathaway2:06

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Brodie6:25

    xG 0.44–0.05 (90%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin8:49

    xG 0.18–0.19 (48%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson5:21

    xG 0.09–0.22 (30%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrodziak – Lucic – Kassian9:13

    xG 0.47–0.19 (71%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  2. Spooner – Rattie – Zykov3:53

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Brodziak – Kassian – Khaira2:49

    xG 0.17–0.13 (56%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira – Puljujarvi7:05

    xG 0.12–0.12 (48%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGravel – Benning7:51

    xG 0.49–0.06 (88%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Nurse14:26

    xG 0.70–0.36 (66%)attempts 16–13goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Klefbom15:34

    xG 0.59–0.50 (54%)attempts 10–15goals 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 2.7 xGCGY 2.0 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 1/100 · #1255 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 64% 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).