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Mon, Oct 25, 2021·Madison Square Garden, New York

Calgary Flames 5, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 50% of the time.

NYR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY115110312537
NYR07011111129

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:50CGYChris TanevAssists: Johnny Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm · Snap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:09CGYAndrew MangiapaneGWGUnassisted · Snap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P3 5:25NYRKevin RooneyAssists: Dryden Hunt, Jacob Trouba · Wrist, 0.31 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:13CGYBlake ColemanAssists: Mikael Backlund, Tyler Pitlick · Backhand, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:32CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Blake Coleman, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–1
  6. P3 19:55CGYAndrew MangiapanePPAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Dillon Dube · Wrist, 0.31 xG5–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:23NYRJacob Trouba: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 17:23CGYBrett Ritchie: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 3:45CGYMikael Backlund: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 12:09NYRChris Kreider: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P3 3:20CGYOliver Kylington: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 18:24NYRFilip Chytil: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NYR
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYR
37Shots on goal29
3.0Expected goals3.0
63Shot attempts57
20Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
6Penalty minutes6
20Hits27
16Blocked shots18
6Giveaways20
11Takeaways12

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 – Pitlick – Coleman10:52

    xG 0.66–0.38 (63%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  2. Ritchie – Mangiapane – Dube9:03

    xG 0.76–0.67 (53%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  3. Lewis – Lucic – Monahan8:41

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk10:37

    xG 0.48–0.56 (46%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Kylington14:29

    xG 0.94–0.22 (81%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson18:02

    xG 1.16–1.20 (49%)attempts 19–22goals 2–0

  3. Gudbranson – Välimäki13:29

    xG 0.26–0.80 (25%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestStrome – Goodrow – Panarin12:59

    xG 0.78–0.41 (66%)attempts 18–9goals 0–1

  2. Blais – Chytil – Lafrenière4:04

    xG 0.33–0.17 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Blais – Hunt – Rooney2:08

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Hunt – Rooney2:08

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller16:03

    xG 1.63–0.52 (76%)attempts 22–13goals 1–1

  2. Nemeth – Fox2:20

    xG 0.10–0.25 (27%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Lundkvist11:13

    xG 0.50–0.67 (43%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

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.

NYR 3.0 xGCGY 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRCGY

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 26/100 · #1014 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.87 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 50% of the time.

NYR winsCGY wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).