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Sat, Nov 23, 2024·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Minnesota Wild 3, Calgary Flames 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 55% of the time.

CGY winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN1803210021323
CGY1811119032431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:00CGYKevin RooneyAssists: Daniil Miromanov, Justin Kirkland · Tip-in, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:03MINMarcus JohanssonAssists: Matt Boldy · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:29CGYMartin PospisilPPAssists: Nazem Kadri, Rasmus Andersson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:53CGYYegor SharangovichPPAssists: Connor Zary, MacKenzie Weegar · Slap, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:01MINBrock FaberPPAssists: Marco Rossi, Matt Boldy · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:26MINMarco RossiAssists: Joel Eriksson Ek · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CGY Yegor Sharangovich stopped
  2. 2. MIN Frederick Gaudreau scored
  3. 3. CGY Andrei Kuzmenko stopped
  4. 4. MIN Matt Boldy stopped
  5. 5. CGY Justin Kirkland scored
  6. 6. MIN Joel Eriksson Ek stopped
  7. 7. CGY Matt Coronato stopped
  8. 8. MIN Marco Rossi stopped
  9. 9. CGY Rasmus Andersson scored
  10. 10. MIN Ryan Hartman stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:12CGYDaniil Miromanov: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 9:41CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:49MINMatt Boldy: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 10:49CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 17:50MINJakub Lauko: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:56MINRyan Hartman: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 15:27CGYKevin Rooney: Holding2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Eriksson Ek
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCGY
23Shots on goal31
2.9Expected goals3.2
63Shot attempts72
31Faceoffs won17
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
13Hits16
16Blocked shots18
10Giveaways10
4Takeaways5

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestFoligno – Hartman – Rossi6:41

    xG 0.24–0.02 (91%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy12:24

    xG 0.45–0.31 (59%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  3. Boyd – Shore – Jones5:34

    xG 0.00–0.34 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Trenin – Lauko8:13

    xG 0.05–0.39 (11%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSpurgeon – Brodin14:49

    xG 0.36–0.23 (62%)attempts 17–13goals 1–0

  2. Brodin – Middleton2:00

    xG 0.32–0.26 (56%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Bogosian – Merrill10:42

    xG 0.61–0.64 (49%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestColeman – Huberdeau – Zary11:25

    xG 0.68–0.20 (77%)attempts 14–4goals 0–1

  2. Kirkland – Lomberg – Rooney5:16

    xG 0.55–0.18 (75%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Backlund – Sharangovich – Coronato12:51

    xG 0.22–0.13 (63%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Pospisil – Kuzmenko8:30

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAndersson – Bahl17:49

    xG 0.89–0.49 (64%)attempts 23–16goals 0–1

  2. Weegar – Miromanov14:40

    xG 0.58–0.33 (64%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

  3. Hanley – Pachal10:36

    xG 0.23–0.05 (81%)attempts 15–2goals 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.

CGY 3.2 xGMIN 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 79/100 · #275 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.94 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 55% of the time.

CGY winsMIN wins

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

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