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Sun, Oct 29, 2023·Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, EdmontonOutdoor game

Calgary Flames 2, Edmonton Oilers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 76% of the time.

EDM winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY1719010226
EDM31401425533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:19EDMBrett KulakAssists: Evander Kane, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:38EDMZach HymanAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:55CGYNazem KadriPPAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Jonathan Huberdeau · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:06EDMEvan BouchardGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · Slap, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:28CGYA.J. GreerPPAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Jacob Markstrom · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:16EDMVincent DesharnaisAssists: Evander Kane, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:13EDMEvander KaneENAssists: Derek Ryan · Wrist, 0.61 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 6:46EDMEvander Kane: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 7:25EDMLeon Draisaitl: Broken stick2 min
  3. P1 12:56EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P1 13:30EDMDarnell Nurse: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 17:55CGYBlake Coleman: Interference2 min
  6. P2 9:28EDMVincent Desharnais: Interference2 min · PPG
  7. P3 7:05CGYDennis Gilbert: Holding2 min
  8. P3 12:35EDMEvander Kane: Tripping2 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 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Draisaitl
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYEDM
26Shots on goal33
2.9Expected goals4.7
65Shot attempts58
28Faceoffs won35
6Power plays2
4Penalty minutes12
29Hits36
12Blocked shots15
4Giveaways11
4Takeaways13

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. Greer – Sharangovich – Duehr7:01

    xG 0.03–0.19 (12%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Huberdeau – Coronato10:10

    xG 0.42–0.63 (40%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:31

    xG 0.34–1.00 (25%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

  4. Lindholm – Hunt – Dube11:00

    xG 0.15–1.07 (12%)attempts 5–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Zadorov – Solovyov2:50

    xG 0.08–0.10 (46%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Weegar – Hanifin13:47

    xG 0.43–0.93 (32%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

  3. Zadorov – Gilbert10:49

    xG 0.37–1.06 (26%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestKane – Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins9:18

    xG 1.03–0.34 (75%)attempts 17–9goals 2–0

  2. Draisaitl – Foegele – McDavid9:46

    xG 0.69–0.15 (82%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Brown – Draisaitl – Holloway2:44

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  4. Erne – Ryan – McLeod3:11

    xG 0.22–0.05 (81%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCeci – Nurse15:34

    xG 1.09–0.42 (72%)attempts 18–13goals 1–0

  2. Kulak – Broberg4:42

    xG 0.62–0.01 (98%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Kulak – Desharnais6:33

    xG 0.77–0.21 (79%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

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 4.7 xGCGY 2.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 52/100 · #685 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 76% 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).