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Thu, Nov 7, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

New Jersey Devils 2, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 86% of the time.

CGY winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD1914010223
CGY09417112538

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:44NJDJack HughesAssists: Taylor Hall, Will Butcher · Wrist, 0.20 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:02CGYDerek RyanAssists: Michael Stone, TJ Brodie · Backhand, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:21NJDNikita GusevAssists: Jack Hughes, Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:57CGYSean MonahanAssists: Noah Hanifin, Johnny Gaudreau · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:53CGYMikael BacklundPPGWGAssists: Noah Hanifin, Rasmus Andersson · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:46CGYNoah HanifinPPAssists: Sam Bennett, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:01CGYJohnny GaudreauAssists: Sean Monahan, Elias Lindholm · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:46NJDNikita Gusev: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:38CGYMark Jankowski: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 19:44NJDWayne Simmonds: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 8:26NJDNikita Gusev: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 8:45CGYMikael Backlund: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:10NJDTaylor Hall: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 18:12NJDBlake Coleman: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 7:08NJDJack Hughes: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 10:49CGYMikael Backlund: Cross checking2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← NJD attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Monahan won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCGY
23Shots on goal38
1.5Expected goals4.0
46Shot attempts65
39Faceoffs won33
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
18Hits16
14Blocked shots9
9Giveaways9
4Takeaways9

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 Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Simmonds – Wood – Rooney5:06

    xG 0.20–0.19 (52%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Simmonds – Wood – Zacha2:00

    xG 0.02–0.04 (30%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Gusev – Zacha – Hughes5:33

    xG 0.18–0.31 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 1–1

  4. Palmieri – Hall – Hischier9:16

    xG 0.17–0.41 (30%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGreene – Vatanen12:57

    xG 0.26–0.21 (56%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Tennyson – Butcher10:33

    xG 0.43–0.91 (32%)attempts 9–16goals 1–1

  3. Subban – Severson14:14

    xG 0.27–1.00 (21%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk11:16

    xG 0.89–0.33 (73%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  2. Rieder – Quine – Ryan2:10

    xG 0.38–0.03 (94%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Quine – Bennett – Ryan8:10

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Lucic – Rieder – Jankowski5:28

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 5–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Hamonic14:40

    xG 1.02–0.49 (68%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  2. Hanifin – Andersson14:27

    xG 0.91–0.38 (70%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  3. Stone – Brodie12:53

    xG 0.42–0.38 (52%)attempts 9–11goals 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.

CGY 4.0 xGNJD 1.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYNJD

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 NJD. Dots are goals.

Excitement 59/100 · #456 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 86% of the time.

CGY winsNJD wins

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

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