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Thu, Apr 28, 2022·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Calgary Flames 2, Minnesota Wild 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 55% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CGY0611211500233
MIN010141912325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:59CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Nikita Zadorov · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:02MINJonas BrodinPPAssists: Frederick Gaudreau, Jordan Greenway · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:59MINFrederick GaudreauUnassisted · Snap, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 17:04CGYElias LindholmAssists: Nikita Zadorov, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 0:44MINKirill KaprizovPPGWGAssists: Kevin Fiala, Ryan Hartman · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:39MINJordie Benn: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 4:09CGYMikael Backlund: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 8:16MINAlex Goligoski: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:07MINRyan Hartman: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 19:50MINJordan Greenway: Interference2 min
  6. OT 0:34CGYRasmus Andersson: Closing hand on puck2 min · PPG

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 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jarnkrok won the faceoff against Hartman
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYMIN
33Shots on goal25
1.6Expected goals1.8
56Shot attempts46
21Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
15Hits27
7Blocked shots14
5Giveaways6
4Takeaways2

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. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk12:56

    xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 11–9goals 2–0

  2. Jarnkrok – Coleman – Dube8:20

    xG 0.12–0.23 (34%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Toffoli – Mangiapane8:32

    xG 0.24–0.40 (37%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  4. Lucic – Ritchie – Carpenter8:59

    xG 0.15–0.36 (30%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Tanev – Kylington15:10

    xG 0.43–0.48 (48%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  2. Gudbranson – Zadorov14:34

    xG 0.29–0.36 (45%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson15:38

    xG 0.33–0.41 (44%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Hartman – Kaprizov9:17

    xG 0.62–0.15 (80%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy9:44

    xG 0.46–0.16 (74%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  3. Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek11:39

    xG 0.24–0.31 (44%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

  4. Deslauriers – Jost – Duhaime5:56

    xG 0.09–0.27 (25%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKulikov – Brodin14:45

    xG 0.54–0.30 (64%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

  2. Goligoski – Middleton18:20

    xG 0.47–0.34 (58%)attempts 13–15goals 0–1

  3. Benn – Merrill13:07

    xG 0.32–0.45 (42%)attempts 7–17goals 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.

MIN 1.8 xGCGY 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #431 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.97 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 55% of the time.

MIN winsCGY wins

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

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