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Tue, Feb 24, 2015·Madison Square Garden, New York

Calgary Flames 0, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 68% of the time.

NYR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY070806021
NYR01009110129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 3:00NYRKevin HayesGWGAssists: Derick Brassard · Snap, 0.06 xG0–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:35CGYCurtis Glencross: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:39CGYMicheal Ferland: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 5:39NYRJ.T. Miller: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 8:39CGYSean Monahan: Interference2 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
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stepan won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYR
21Shots on goal29
1.9Expected goals2.8
40Shot attempts61
33Faceoffs won32
0Power plays2
9Penalty minutes5
22Hits21
20Blocked shots10
8Giveaways13
3Takeaways7

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 – Gaudreau – Monahan15:09

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  2. Glencross – Colborne – Jooris11:55

    xG 0.34–0.39 (46%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Backlund – Bouma11:31

    xG 0.24–0.41 (37%)attempts 7–16goals 0–0

  4. Ferland – Granlund – Poirier6:04

    xG 0.10–0.44 (19%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie19:05

    xG 0.77–0.44 (64%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Diaz10:16

    xG 0.31–0.25 (56%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Russell19:51

    xG 0.46–0.90 (34%)attempts 8–20goals 0–1

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestHagelin – Lindberg – Miller6:39

    xG 0.31–0.08 (80%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Brassard – Zuccarello – Hayes13:46

    xG 0.46–0.28 (62%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  3. St. Louis – Stepan – Kreider14:02

    xG 0.77–0.63 (55%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  4. Moore – Stempniak – Hagelin3:17

    xG 0.13–0.04 (75%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirardi – McDonagh16:09

    xG 0.63–0.16 (79%)attempts 22–5goals 1–0

  2. Boyle – Hunwick13:28

    xG 0.77–0.41 (65%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  3. Staal – Girardi2:25

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 2.8 xGCGY 1.9 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 0/100 · #1224 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 68% of the time.

NYR winsCGY wins

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

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