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Wed, Feb 27, 2019·Prudential Center, Newark

Calgary Flames 2, New Jersey Devils 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 70% of the time.

NJD winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY01521505235
NJD0515010120

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:07CGYElias LindholmPPAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:52CGYMark GiordanoGWGAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:47NJDKevin RooneySHUnassisted · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 19:03NJDDamon Severson: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:34NJDBlake Coleman: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:57NJDBlake Coleman: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 14:54NJDBlake Coleman: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 5:42CGYOscar Fantenberg: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 11:36CGYAustin Czarnik: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 0:00CGYTravis Hamonic: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 0:00NJDBlake Coleman: Roughing2 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 SOG0NJD
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Lindholm
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNJD
35Shots on goal20
3.1Expected goals2.0
58Shot attempts40
21Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
31Hits42
10Blocked shots11
6Giveaways9
5Takeaways13

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. bestHathaway – Mangiapane – Ryan5:58

    xG 0.65–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–0goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Bennett – Tkachuk6:31

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Jankowski – Hathaway – Mangiapane2:04

    xG 0.09–0.04 (71%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Jankowski – Bennett – Czarnik3:14

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Brodie15:46

    xG 0.98–0.70 (58%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

  2. Andersson – Fantenberg11:48

    xG 0.32–0.04 (88%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – Hanifin14:48

    xG 0.34–0.38 (47%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPietila – Bastian – McLeod7:20

    xG 0.26–0.18 (59%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  2. Stafford – Zajac – Agostino9:29

    xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Coleman – Lappin – Hischier12:42

    xG 0.33–0.74 (31%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVatanen – Mueller6:46

    xG 0.33–0.19 (63%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Vatanen – Yakovlev2:59

    xG 0.04–0.06 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Vatanen – Butcher2:03

    xG 0.09–0.11 (45%)attempts 1–4goals 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.

NJD 2.0 xGCGY 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 19/100 · #1011 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 70% of the time.

NJD winsCGY wins

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

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