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Mon, Nov 22, 2010·Madison Square Garden, New York

Calgary Flames 1, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

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

NYR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY06111015132
NYR082808224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:08NYRBrian BoyleAssists: Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:16CGYJarome IginlaAssists: Jay Bouwmeester, Matt Stajan · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 12:41NYRDan GirardiPPGWGAssists: Derek Stepan · Slap, 0.09 xG1–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:14CGYRene Bourque: Interference2 min
  2. P1 7:10NYRMichael Sauer: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 7:10CGYTom Kostopoulos: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 10:13CGYTom Kostopoulos: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 10:13NYRMichael Sauer: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:06NYRMichael Sauer: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 17:06CGYStefan Meyer: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 18:12NYRRyan Callahan: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 12:27CGYCurtis Glencross: High sticking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 1:14NYRBrandon Dubinsky: 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 SOG0NYR
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYR
32Shots on goal24
3.3Expected goals3.0
63Shot attempts45
25Faceoffs won30
2Power plays2
16Penalty minutes16
31Hits44
11Blocked shots17
2Giveaways6
4Takeaways14

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. bestIginla – Tanguay – Stajan8:43

    xG 0.70–0.22 (76%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Kostopoulos – Jackman – Meyer6:41

    xG 0.40–0.06 (87%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Morrison – Moss – Glencross8:48

    xG 0.27–0.23 (54%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  4. Hagman – Bourque – Backlund11:27

    xG 0.74–1.07 (41%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaios – Bouwmeester14:48

    xG 0.97–0.33 (74%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Babchuk – Mikkelson10:37

    xG 0.52–0.28 (65%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Giordano3:30

    xG 0.26–0.16 (61%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestDubinsky – Callahan – Anisimov11:24

    xG 0.54–0.19 (74%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Fedotenko – Boyle – Prust10:09

    xG 0.95–0.64 (60%)attempts 13–13goals 1–0

  3. Gaborik – Frolov – Stepan10:03

    xG 0.63–0.50 (56%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  4. Avery – Boogaard – Christensen3:48

    xG 0.00–0.17 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEminger – Del Zotto14:05

    xG 0.92–0.40 (70%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Girardi16:18

    xG 1.20–1.08 (53%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  3. Sauer – Gilroy11:07

    xG 0.24–0.48 (33%)attempts 4–10goals 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.

NYR 3.0 xGCGY 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 20/100 · #935 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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.

NYR winsCGY wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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