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Sat, Nov 12, 2016·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

New York Rangers 4, Calgary Flames 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 57% of the time.

CGY winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR2921108428
CGY010010116136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:32NYRMichael GrabnerAssists: Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:59NYRDerek StepanGWGAssists: Chris Kreider · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:26NYRJimmy VeseyAssists: Ryan McDonagh, J.T. Miller · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P2 14:22NYRPavel BuchnevichAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.21 xG4–0
  5. P3 11:12CGYMicheal FerlandPPAssists: TJ Brodie, Dennis Wideman · Tip-in, 0.15 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 3:48CGYMicheal Ferland: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 16:06NYRChris Kreider: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 1:23CGYMatt Stajan: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 7:25NYRDerek Stepan: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 9:36NYRDan Girardi: High sticking2 min · PPG

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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
44% to win56% to win
← NYR attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Stepan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCGY
28Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals2.7
49Shot attempts70
27Faceoffs won23
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
8Hits13
24Blocked shots8
7Giveaways11
8Takeaways10

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Buchnevich12:33

    xG 0.39–0.36 (52%)attempts 10–13goals 1–0

  2. Grabner – Pirri – Fast8:28

    xG 0.21–0.31 (40%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Nash – Stepan – Kreider8:49

    xG 0.32–0.50 (39%)attempts 5–12goals 1–0

  4. Hayes – Miller – Vesey10:38

    xG 0.21–0.51 (30%)attempts 4–14goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStaal – Skjei15:20

    xG 0.71–0.54 (57%)attempts 17–13goals 2–0

  2. Girardi – McDonagh15:33

    xG 0.33–0.75 (30%)attempts 9–21goals 2–0

  3. Klein – Holden16:01

    xG 0.31–0.90 (26%)attempts 9–20goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Gaudreau – Monahan11:35

    xG 0.64–0.16 (80%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0

  2. Chiasson – Ferland – Bennett2:10

    xG 0.49–0.02 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Brouwer – Gaudreau – Monahan2:22

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  4. Stajan – Brouwer – Bennett10:05

    xG 0.13–0.15 (46%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWideman – Giordano14:00

    xG 0.64–0.21 (75%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Giordano – Hamilton4:29

    xG 0.49–0.11 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Wideman – Brodie3:46

    xG 0.30–0.02 (94%)attempts 5–1goals 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.

CGY 2.7 xGNYR 2.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 13/100 · #1031 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.58 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 57% of the time.

CGY winsNYR wins

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

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