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Thu, Feb 6, 2014·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Calgary Flames 4, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 54% of the time.

NYI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0526211422
NYI01111118230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:15CGYSean MonahanAssists: Joe Colborne, Kris Russell · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:08CGYDennis WidemanPPAssists: Mikael Backlund, TJ Brodie · Snap, 0.17 xG2–0
  3. P2 19:53NYIThomas HickeyAssists: Josh Bailey, Colin McDonald · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:31NYICalvin de HaanAssists: John Tavares, Thomas Vanek · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 14:28CGYDavid JonesGWGAssists: Matt Stajan, Dennis Wideman · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:57CGYMikael BacklundENAssists: Jiri Hudler, TJ Brodie · Wrist, 0.62 xG4–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 9:44CGYMatt Stajan: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 17:23CGYMikael Backlund: Holding2 min
  3. P2 8:06CGYJoe Colborne: Interference2 min
  4. P2 17:01NYIThomas Hickey: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  5. P3 3:12CGYLadislav Smid: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 4:33NYILubomir Visnovsky: Holding2 min
  7. P3 16:51CGYJiri Hudler: Hooking2 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 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Galiardi
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYI
22Shots on goal30
3.1Expected goals2.9
47Shot attempts69
24Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
12Hits20
26Blocked shots14
5Giveaways8
15Takeaways20

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. bestHudler – Stempniak – Backlund11:20

    xG 0.54–0.30 (64%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Cammalleri – Colborne – Monahan10:24

    xG 0.33–0.31 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  3. Stajan – Jones – Bouma10:32

    xG 0.41–0.56 (42%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. McGrattan – Galiardi – Byron6:06

    xG 0.20–0.69 (23%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Russell3:38

    xG 0.55–0.07 (88%)attempts 7–3goals 2–0

  2. Smid – Butler3:34

    xG 0.24–0.07 (78%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  3. Wideman – Smid10:24

    xG 0.48–0.46 (51%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestVanek – Okposo – Tavares14:41

    xG 0.93–0.18 (84%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. McDonald – Bailey – Nelson6:38

    xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

  3. Boulton – Martin – Cizikas6:26

    xG 0.40–0.46 (46%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. Nielsen – Clutterbuck – Grabner6:05

    xG 0.23–0.33 (42%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDonovan – de Haan15:00

    xG 0.66–0.34 (66%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Visnovsky – Hickey12:42

    xG 0.87–0.66 (57%)attempts 13–10goals 1–2

  3. Strait – MacDonald14:20

    xG 0.57–0.51 (52%)attempts 15–15goals 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.

NYI 2.9 xGCGY 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #336 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYI 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 54% of the time.

NYI winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).