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Sun, Mar 5, 2017·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

New York Islanders 2, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

CGY winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI08110117235
CGY4210917537

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:56CGYMichael FrolikAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 16:28CGYTJ BrodieAssists: Alex Chiasson, Matt Stajan · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:10CGYMicheal FerlandGWGAssists: Sean Monahan · Snap, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P1 19:36CGYSean MonahanAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Dougie Hamilton · Snap, 0.11 xG0–4
  5. P2 8:30NYIJohn TavaresAssists: Josh Bailey, Scott Mayfield · Snap, 0.19 xG1–4
  6. P3 6:58CGYKris VersteegAssists: Sam Bennett, Matt Bartkowski · Slap, 0.10 xG1–5
  7. P3 11:32NYIJason ChimeraAssists: Nick Leddy, Shane Prince · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:18NYITravis Hamonic: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 4:40NYICalvin de Haan: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:06NYIJoshua Ho-Sang: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:06CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Embellishment2 min
  5. P2 18:23CGYMichael Stone: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 15:16CGYMatt Bartkowski: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 15:50CGYMark Giordano: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICGY
35Shots on goal37
2.8Expected goals3.0
64Shot attempts64
23Faceoffs won37
3Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
11Hits5
16Blocked shots16
6Giveaways6
7Takeaways8

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. Chimera – Prince – Strome5:44

    xG 0.03–0.05 (39%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Nelson – Prince2:15

    xG 0.03–0.07 (31%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Clutterbuck – Kulemin – Beauvillier4:21

    xG 0.18–0.34 (35%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Lee8:51

    xG 0.57–0.88 (39%)attempts 7–16goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Seidenberg – de Haan8:16

    xG 0.37–0.36 (51%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Leddy – Mayfield15:21

    xG 0.80–0.86 (48%)attempts 13–20goals 1–3

  3. Hamonic – de Haan7:40

    xG 0.05–0.12 (29%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestFrolik – Backlund – Tkachuk11:49

    xG 1.12–0.64 (64%)attempts 20–12goals 1–0

  2. Stajan – Bouma – Chiasson8:39

    xG 0.58–0.32 (65%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  3. Versteeg – Brouwer – Bennett10:24

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

  4. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan10:16

    xG 0.31–0.48 (39%)attempts 11–13goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton13:54

    xG 1.15–0.46 (71%)attempts 24–13goals 3–1

  2. Engelland – Bartkowski15:16

    xG 0.44–0.56 (44%)attempts 14–17goals 1–0

  3. Stone – Brodie15:25

    xG 0.80–0.96 (45%)attempts 17–18goals 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 3.0 xGNYI 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 22/100 · #923 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.54 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50CGY 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, Calgary Flames win this game 53% of the time.

CGY winsNYI wins

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

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