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Wed, Jan 29, 2020·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 77% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CGY11221004021428
EDM01721114020334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:01CGYElias LindholmAssists: Milan Lucic, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:48EDMKailer YamamotoAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:05CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Sam Bennett · Snap, 0.20 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:41EDMAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.35 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:15CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Rasmus Andersson · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:49EDMMatt BenningAssists: Kris Russell, James Neal · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins stopped
  2. 2. CGY Sean Monahan scored
  3. 3. EDM Connor McDavid stopped
  4. 4. CGY Matthew Tkachuk stopped
  5. 5. EDM Leon Draisaitl stopped
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 16:11CGYSean Monahan: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 16:11EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 16:11CGYSean Monahan: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 16:11EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 16:35EDMZack Kassian: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 16:35CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 2:53EDMMike Smith: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 6:36EDMLeon Draisaitl: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 6:36CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Slashing2 min
  10. P2 14:08CGYMark Giordano: Slashing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 3:08CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Too many men on the ice2 min
  12. P3 7:54CGYZac Rinaldo: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 15:50CGYBuddy Robinson: Holding2 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 20:00Sheahan won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
28Shots on goal34
2.1Expected goals3.8
54Shot attempts65
35Faceoffs won31
1Power plays4
22Penalty minutes16
24Hits35
14Blocked shots14
10Giveaways22
8Takeaways10

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Robinson – Monahan9:00

    xG 0.69–0.09 (89%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Bennett – Mangiapane5:00

    xG 0.25–0.06 (79%)attempts 5–6goals 1–0

  3. Lindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk5:16

    xG 0.10–0.12 (45%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  4. Gaudreau – Monahan – Tkachuk2:40

    xG 0.03–0.10 (21%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie13:46

    xG 0.59–0.23 (72%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0

  2. Andersson – Kylington11:55

    xG 0.30–0.19 (61%)attempts 13–9goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Hamonic2:33

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Chiasson – Khaira4:22

    xG 0.32–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Neal – Kassian – McDavid10:34

    xG 0.54–0.32 (63%)attempts 12–6goals 0–1

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto11:32

    xG 0.61–0.58 (51%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  4. Sheahan – Archibald – Khaira4:43

    xG 0.11–0.10 (54%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom16:13

    xG 0.73–0.25 (74%)attempts 14–11goals 1–1

  2. Russell – Benning9:49

    xG 0.83–0.38 (68%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  3. Nurse – Bear20:37

    xG 0.39–0.78 (33%)attempts 16–19goals 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 3.8 xGCGY 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 88/100 · #127 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.40 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 77% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).