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Sun, Feb 11, 2018·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Calgary Flames 3, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 78% of the time.

NYI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY09114219342
NYI1111707225

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:08NYICasey CizikasUnassisted · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:59NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Mathew Barzal, Nick Leddy · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P2 10:35CGYMark JankowskiPPAssists: Sam Bennett, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P3 9:38CGYMatthew TkachukAssists: Michael Frolik, Brett Kulak · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:55CGYMatthew TkachukGWGAssists: Travis Hamonic, Michael Frolik · Deflected, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:01CGYMichael Frolik: Interference2 min
  2. P1 6:18NYISebastian Aho: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 11:49CGYMichael Stone: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 17:33NYIRoss Johnston: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:33CGYRyan Lomberg: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 19:08NYIMathew Barzal: Holding2 min
  7. P2 8:36NYIJason Chimera: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P2 12:03NYIThomas Hickey: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 18:43CGYSam Bennett: Holding2 min
  10. P3 12:48CGYMikael Backlund: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 19:58CGYMikael Backlund: 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 20:00Barzal won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYI
42Shots on goal25
4.2Expected goals2.2
77Shot attempts51
22Faceoffs won37
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
20Hits19
12Blocked shots19
11Giveaways12
6Takeaways7

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. bestFerland – Gaudreau – Monahan10:33

    xG 0.61–0.29 (68%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk9:27

    xG 0.58–0.33 (64%)attempts 16–8goals 2–0

  3. Jankowski – Hathaway – Bennett4:29

    xG 0.18–0.03 (87%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamilton13:16

    xG 0.71–0.25 (74%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Brodie12:35

    xG 0.73–0.40 (65%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

  3. Stone – Kulak9:23

    xG 0.50–0.23 (69%)attempts 12–6goals 1–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Cizikas – Johnston5:12

    xG 0.50–0.17 (74%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

  2. Ladd – Clutterbuck – Nelson4:42

    xG 0.01–0.04 (28%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Barzal – Beauvillier8:56

    xG 0.32–0.51 (39%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  4. Bailey – Tavares – Lee10:04

    xG 0.22–0.49 (31%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pelech – Aho9:46

    xG 0.21–0.26 (44%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Boychuk – Leddy10:56

    xG 0.31–0.44 (42%)attempts 8–13goals 0–2

  3. Hickey – Pulock14:34

    xG 0.61–0.94 (39%)attempts 15–21goals 1–0

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 2.2 xGCGY 4.2 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 72/100 · #382 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.74 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 9% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +51 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 78% 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).