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Sat, Nov 20, 2021·UBS Arena, Elmont

Calgary Flames 5, New York Islanders 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 69% of the time.

NYI winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY2911527531
NYI11309114236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:05CGYBrad RichardsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:18CGYAndrew MangiapanePPAssists: Noah Hanifin, Johnny Gaudreau · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:37NYIBrock NelsonPPAssists: Richard Panik, Kyle Palmieri · Snap, 0.83 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:43CGYAndrew MangiapanePPGWGAssists: Noah Hanifin, Mikael Backlund · Tip-in, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:49NYIBrock NelsonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.30 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:45CGYTrevor LewisENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.52 xG4–2
  7. P3 19:22CGYJohnny GaudreauENAssists: Elias Lindholm, Noah Hanifin · Wrist, 0.68 xG5–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:23CGYJohnny Gaudreau: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 4:42NYIKieffer Bellows: Interference2 min
  3. P1 9:31CGYMatthew Tkachuk: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 11:56NYIKieffer Bellows: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P1 14:14CGYBrad Richardson: Holding2 min
  6. P1 19:31CGYChris Tanev: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 2:11CGYSean Monahan: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 4:55NYIZdeno Chara: Hooking2 min · PPG
  9. P2 7:07CGYBlake Coleman: Boarding2 min
  10. P2 11:47NYIKyle Palmieri: Interference2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYI
48% to win52% to win
← CGY attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Backlund won the faceoff against Cizikas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYI
31Shots on goal36
3.4Expected goals4.6
52Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won27
4Power plays6
12Penalty minutes8
18Hits21
13Blocked shots16
11Giveaways10
1Takeaways4

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. bestRichardson – Lewis – Lucic7:09

    xG 0.36–0.15 (71%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane9:04

    xG 0.54–0.42 (57%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Monahan – Dube8:32

    xG 0.34–0.82 (29%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk9:31

    xG 0.19–0.67 (22%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHanifin – Andersson13:31

    xG 0.96–0.52 (65%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Tanev – Kylington11:33

    xG 0.44–0.69 (39%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Gudbranson – Zadorov10:57

    xG 0.11–1.37 (7%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNelson – Bellows – Wahlstrom7:03

    xG 0.87–0.14 (86%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

  2. Parise – Panik – Barzal5:45

    xG 0.71–0.25 (74%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Palmieri – Andreoff – Pageau7:19

    xG 0.19–0.04 (83%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Panik – Nelson – Barzal2:25

    xG 0.12–0.03 (79%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayfield – Salo10:04

    xG 0.68–0.30 (70%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  2. Aho – Hutton6:26

    xG 0.49–0.15 (77%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Salo – Dobson3:10

    xG 0.03–0.03 (46%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

NYI 4.6 xGCGY 3.4 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 56/100 · #655 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.42 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYI 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, New York Islanders win this game 69% of the time.

NYI winsCGY wins

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

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