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Sat, Jan 22, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Calgary Flames 3, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 57% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY219111017347
EDM01331226531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:29CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Elias Lindholm, Noah Hanifin · Backhand, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:19CGYMilan LucicPPAssists: Noah Hanifin, Rasmus Andersson · Deflected, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:35EDMEvan BouchardPPAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:41EDMEvan BouchardPPAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Snap, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:18EDMBrendan PerliniAssists: Derek Ryan, Cody Ceci · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:16CGYNoah HanifinAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk · Wrist, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:29EDMLeon DraisaitlGWGAssists: Duncan Keith · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:59EDMLeon DraisaitlENAssists: Kailer Yamamoto · Slap, 0.76 xG3–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 12:25EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 17:27EDMLeon Draisaitl: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 4:12CGYOliver Kylington: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 8:49CGYElias Lindholm: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P2 0:00CGYMikael Backlund: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% 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
47Shots on goal31
4.1Expected goals3.6
74Shot attempts54
37Faceoffs won31
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
30Hits35
14Blocked shots18
10Giveaways16
8Takeaways9

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. bestGaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk15:15

    xG 1.35–0.38 (78%)attempts 23–13goals 2–0

  2. Lucic – Monahan – Dube11:08

    xG 0.70–0.19 (79%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  3. Richardson – Lewis – Ritchie6:04

    xG 0.47–0.05 (90%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane12:53

    xG 0.44–0.88 (33%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Kylington15:06

    xG 1.33–0.69 (66%)attempts 20–13goals 0–2

  2. Hanifin – Andersson15:16

    xG 1.03–0.63 (62%)attempts 23–12goals 2–0

  3. Gudbranson – Zadorov14:50

    xG 0.67–0.37 (64%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestDraisaitl – Foegele – Puljujarvi13:33

    xG 0.82–0.37 (69%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  2. Sceviour – Shore – Ryan4:34

    xG 0.19–0.09 (67%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Perlini – Ryan3:16

    xG 0.03–0.01 (83%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  4. Turris – Benson – McLeod2:48

    xG 0.03–0.15 (16%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse2:03

    xG 0.12–0.06 (68%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Koekkoek8:10

    xG 0.37–0.55 (40%)attempts 7–8goals 2–0

  3. Keith – Ceci17:56

    xG 0.61–0.90 (40%)attempts 13–20goals 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 3.6 xGCGY 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 85/100 · #238 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 57% 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).