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Mon, Oct 26, 2015·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Calgary Flames 0, New York Islanders 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 75% of the time.

NYI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY08010011029
NYI014110311435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 14:01NYIMikhail GrabovskiPPGWGAssists: Josh Bailey, Johnny Boychuk · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P3 5:26NYIFrans NielsenAssists: Nikolay Kulemin, Kyle Okposo · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 11:33NYICal ClutterbuckAssists: Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:10NYIFrans NielsenAssists: Kyle Okposo, Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 15:56NYIMatt Martin: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P2 0:17NYITravis Hamonic: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:35CGYBrandon Bollig: Interference2 min
  4. P2 12:10CGYDougie Hamilton: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  5. P2 18:46CGYBrandon Bollig: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 15:57CGYBrandon Bollig: Misconduct10 min
  7. P3 19:09NYIMatt Martin: Tripping2 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
47% to win54% to win
← CGY attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYI
29Shots on goal35
2.0Expected goals3.6
52Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays3
16Penalty minutes6
38Hits33
18Blocked shots12
8Giveaways9
9Takeaways17

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. bestJones – Colborne – Grant4:30

    xG 0.48–0.32 (60%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Frolik – Backlund – Gaudreau3:03

    xG 0.20–0.04 (83%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Colborne – Monahan – Jooris2:51

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Bollig – Jooris6:00

    xG 0.04–0.17 (20%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Hamilton5:17

    xG 0.21–0.10 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Engelland – Smid6:04

    xG 0.13–0.09 (60%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Russell6:52

    xG 0.24–0.21 (53%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestGrabovski – Lee – Nelson10:26

    xG 1.02–0.35 (75%)attempts 14–5goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Strome13:00

    xG 0.76–0.42 (64%)attempts 15–15goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas7:27

    xG 0.21–0.19 (52%)attempts 8–7goals 1–0

  4. Nielsen – Okposo – Kulemin9:48

    xG 0.48–0.66 (42%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – de Haan17:22

    xG 1.53–0.40 (79%)attempts 19–14goals 1–0

  2. Zidlicky – Strait14:07

    xG 0.47–0.54 (46%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy12:54

    xG 0.46–0.72 (39%)attempts 19–13goals 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 3.6 xGCGY 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 11/100 · #1109 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.83 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 75% 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).