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Fri, Feb 27, 2015·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Calgary Flames 1, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

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

NYI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0708112127
NYI115011113239

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:39NYIRyan StromePPAssists: John Tavares, Travis Hamonic · Wrist, 0.32 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:18NYICal ClutterbuckENGWGAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Thomas Hickey · Wrist, 0.66 xG0–2
  3. P3 19:39CGYJosh JoorisAssists: Joe Colborne, Mikael Backlund · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:46NYIJohn Tavares: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 10:05CGYSean Monahan: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 13:40NYIJohnny Boychuk: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P1 17:03CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 2:27CGYDeryk Engelland: Interference2 min
  6. P2 8:31CGYTJ Brodie: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 8:31NYIRyan Strome: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 19:29NYILubomir Visnovsky: 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
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Tavares won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYI
27Shots on goal39
3.7Expected goals4.8
57Shot attempts65
24Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
8Penalty minutes6
25Hits32
18Blocked shots18
17Giveaways16
12Takeaways11

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. bestGlencross – Colborne – Jooris8:43

    xG 0.67–0.35 (66%)attempts 14–10goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Backlund – Bouma8:40

    xG 0.02–0.48 (5%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

  3. Hudler – Gaudreau – Monahan14:17

    xG 0.36–0.84 (30%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  4. Ferland – Granlund – Poirier5:24

    xG 0.36–0.88 (29%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Brodie6:11

    xG 0.26–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Brodie – Diaz4:08

    xG 0.31–0.17 (64%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Potter – Diaz4:38

    xG 0.21–0.17 (56%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Kulemin – Nelson6:52

    xG 0.68–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–1goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Lee10:59

    xG 0.85–0.39 (69%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Martin – Mouillierat8:29

    xG 0.23–0.05 (82%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  4. Nielsen – Grabner – Strome7:13

    xG 0.13–0.35 (27%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Hamonic18:01

    xG 1.23–0.37 (77%)attempts 23–13goals 0–0

  2. Visnovsky – de Haan10:35

    xG 0.95–0.20 (83%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy13:20

    xG 0.36–0.83 (30%)attempts 11–19goals 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 4.8 xGCGY 3.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 12/100 · #1064 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 Islanders win this game 68% of the time.

NYI winsCGY wins

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

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