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Sat, Feb 20, 2021·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 1, Edmonton Oilers 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 81% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY119014011144
EDM3103816724

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:29EDMAlex ChiassonPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Tip-in, 0.28 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:41EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:54CGYAndrew MangiapanePPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Elias Lindholm · Slap, 0.54 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:11EDMConnor McDavidPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–3
  5. P2 1:06EDMConnor McDavidUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–4
  6. P2 8:12EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Kris Russell, Jujhar Khaira · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–5
  7. P2 12:38EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Darnell Nurse, James Neal · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–6
  8. P3 0:36EDMJosh ArchibaldAssists: Dominik Kahun, Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.20 xG1–7
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 1:46CGYSam Bennett: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 3:31CGYSam Bennett: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:31EDMJujhar Khaira: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P1 6:59EDMLeon Draisaitl: Interference2 min
  5. P1 7:54EDMTyler Ennis: Delaying game bench2 min
  6. P1 16:55CGYMikael Backlund: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P2 5:24CGYNikita Nesterov: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 11:14CGYElias Lindholm: Boarding2 min · PPG
  9. P2 13:04EDMJujhar Khaira: Interference2 min
  10. P2 16:00EDMKris Russell: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 5:13CGYJuuso Välimäki: Holding2 min
  12. P3 6:55EDMJosh Archibald: High sticking2 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 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
44Shots on goal24
5.4Expected goals3.1
72Shot attempts46
39Faceoffs won28
5Power plays5
15Penalty minutes15
32Hits37
11Blocked shots14
15Giveaways21
12Takeaways11

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. bestLucic – Bennett – Dube9:34

    xG 1.19–0.25 (83%)attempts 17–5goals 0–1

  2. Gaudreau – Leivo – Lindholm4:57

    xG 0.48–0.25 (66%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk12:48

    xG 0.67–0.46 (59%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  4. Gaudreau – Robinson – Lindholm3:49

    xG 0.20–0.05 (80%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin14:36

    xG 1.15–0.44 (72%)attempts 18–9goals 0–0

  2. Andersson – Välimäki2:14

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Andersson10:54

    xG 0.74–0.47 (61%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Puljujarvi5:59

    xG 0.42–0.25 (63%)attempts 8–5goals 2–0

  2. Draisaitl – Puljujarvi – Kahun2:03

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Neal – Chiasson – Haas7:08

    xG 0.25–0.39 (39%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Draisaitl – Yamamoto – Kahun6:56

    xG 0.34–0.84 (29%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Barrie – Nurse10:49

    xG 0.71–0.67 (51%)attempts 15–12goals 1–0

  2. Nurse – Bouchard2:45

    xG 0.12–0.29 (29%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  3. Larsson – Nurse6:36

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 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 3.1 xGCGY 5.4 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 25/100 · #639 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 81% 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).