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Thu, Jan 2, 2020·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

New York Rangers 3, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 61% of the time.

CGY winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR2711109327
CGY39110010429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:15CGYJohnny GaudreauUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:16CGYMikael BacklundSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:42NYRJacob TroubaPPAssists: Pavel Buchnevich, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P1 8:07NYRFilip ChytilPPAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Adam Fox · Backhand, 0.27 xG2–2
  5. P1 13:18CGYDerek RyanAssists: Dillon Dube · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P2 5:46NYRKaapo KakkoAssists: Adam Fox, Brett Howden · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P2 8:22CGYSean MonahanGWGAssists: Noah Hanifin, Johnny Gaudreau · Snap, 0.12 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:59CGYSam Bennett: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:48CGYDerek Ryan: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P1 9:06NYRJesper Fast: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 0:17NYRChris Kreider: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:21NYRBrady Skjei: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 5:11CGYMikael Backlund: Cross checking2 min
  7. P3 12:08NYRKaapo Kakko: Holding2 min
  8. P3 13:41CGYMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 13:41NYRRyan Lindgren: Slashing2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCGY
27Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals3.1
47Shot attempts52
26Faceoffs won22
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes8
15Hits15
9Blocked shots9
11Giveaways15
6Takeaways16

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestKreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich9:43

    xG 0.19–0.13 (58%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Fast – Strome – Panarin9:33

    xG 0.33–0.39 (46%)attempts 5–9goals 0–2

  3. Howden – Chytil – Kakko8:01

    xG 0.36–0.48 (43%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Lindgren5:32

    xG 0.44–0.12 (78%)attempts 5–2goals 1–1

  2. Trouba – Fox2:30

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. DeAngelo – Fox4:13

    xG 0.13–0.06 (71%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Bennett – Ryan4:33

    xG 0.43–0.00 (99%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Lucic – Ryan – Dube4:28

    xG 0.17–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan11:43

    xG 0.34–0.35 (49%)attempts 9–6goals 2–0

  4. Rieder – Jankowski – Dube2:54

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamonic – Hanifin17:02

    xG 0.86–0.40 (68%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  2. Giordano – Brodie12:59

    xG 0.13–0.17 (45%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Brodie – Andersson2:22

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 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 3.1 xGNYR 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #313 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.52 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 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 61% of the time.

CGY winsNYR wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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