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Tue, Feb 26, 2019·NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale

Calgary Flames 3, New York Islanders 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 56% of the time.

NYI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY0911028327
NYI05112010127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:57CGYMatthew TkachukPPAssists: Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:39NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Valtteri Filppula, Andrew Ladd · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P3 3:15CGYMikael BacklundGWGAssists: Elias Lindholm, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 5:12CGYRasmus AnderssonAssists: Austin Czarnik, Mark Giordano · Slap, 0.02 xG3–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:46CGYDerek Ryan: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:31NYIThomas Hickey: Interference2 min
  3. P2 2:38NYINick Leddy: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 9:48CGYDalton Prout: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 12:24CGYTJ Brodie: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 18:09NYIMatt Martin: Interference2 min
  7. P2 18:39NYICal Clutterbuck: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 8:44CGYElias Lindholm: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 18:12NYIMatt Martin: Too many men on the ice2 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 20:00Ryan won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYI
27Shots on goal27
3.2Expected goals3.5
55Shot attempts53
31Faceoffs won19
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
18Hits18
11Blocked shots18
18Giveaways13
5Takeaways5

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. bestBacklund – Bennett – Tkachuk7:19

    xG 0.48–0.28 (63%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  2. Hathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan6:42

    xG 0.26–0.06 (81%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk3:30

    xG 0.05–0.03 (63%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Jankowski – Bennett – Czarnik2:10

    xG 0.02–0.01 (62%)attempts 1–1goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBrodie – Prout12:34

    xG 0.52–0.09 (86%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Hamonic – Hanifin13:43

    xG 0.65–0.46 (59%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Giordano – Andersson12:04

    xG 0.36–0.47 (43%)attempts 14–11goals 2–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Komarov – Barzal4:42

    xG 0.67–0.17 (80%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Lee – Nelson11:10

    xG 0.42–0.22 (66%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Bailey – Barzal5:23

    xG 0.03–0.06 (35%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  4. Filppula – Komarov – Beauvillier2:44

    xG 0.01–0.11 (7%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Toews10:52

    xG 0.40–0.24 (63%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  2. Pelech – Pulock13:15

    xG 0.11–0.29 (27%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  3. Boychuk – Leddy14:56

    xG 0.57–0.95 (37%)attempts 10–18goals 1–1

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 3.5 xGCGY 3.2 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 34/100 · #809 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 56% of the time.

NYI winsCGY wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+6
+7

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