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Fri, Dec 27, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 5, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY21121416531
EDM11001009129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:11CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:39CGYMatthew TkachukGWGAssists: Andrew Mangiapane · Snap, 0.19 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:26EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Darnell Nurse · Tip-in, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:08CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, TJ Brodie · Snap, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P2 16:54CGYElias LindholmAssists: Andrew Mangiapane, TJ Brodie · Snap, 0.05 xG4–1
  6. P3 0:57CGYMikael BacklundSHAssists: Michael Frolik, Mark Giordano · Snap, 0.13 xG5–1
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 7:17EDMAlex Chiasson: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 12:43CGYOliver Kylington: Interference2 min
  3. P2 19:57CGYElias Lindholm: 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
45% to win55% to win
← CGY attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
31Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals2.4
51Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won27
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
23Hits28
12Blocked shots15
16Giveaways19
7Takeaways8

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. bestLindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk13:19

    xG 0.56–0.39 (59%)attempts 12–10goals 3–0

  2. Lucic – Ryan – Dube10:35

    xG 0.34–0.30 (53%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan12:22

    xG 0.26–0.32 (45%)attempts 9–9goals 1–1

  4. Frolik – Rieder – Bennett11:28

    xG 0.21–0.84 (20%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie16:45

    xG 0.65–0.45 (59%)attempts 14–12goals 3–0

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin17:20

    xG 0.42–0.68 (38%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  3. Andersson – Kylington17:27

    xG 0.40–1.02 (28%)attempts 12–21goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKassian – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl5:18

    xG 0.31–0.06 (83%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Sheahan – Khaira – Russell10:14

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid10:06

    xG 0.54–0.45 (54%)attempts 11–8goals 0–2

  4. Chiasson – Nygard – Haas9:34

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom16:25

    xG 0.82–0.44 (65%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  2. Russell – Jones14:50

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Nurse – Bear16:57

    xG 0.81–0.76 (52%)attempts 17–16goals 1–2

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 2.4 xGCGY 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 26/100 · #829 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.86 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 52% 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).