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Tue, Nov 8, 2022·Prudential Center, Newark

Calgary Flames 2, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 73% of the time.

NJD winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY11409112235
NJD0521015320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:58CGYNazem KadriPPAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:14NJDRyan GravesAssists: Nico Hischier, Tomas Tatar · Snap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 16:37NJDDougie HamiltonPPAssists: Fabian Zetterlund, Jesper Bratt · Snap, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:13CGYTyler ToffoliPPAssists: Rasmus Andersson, Adam Ruzicka · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:50NJDNico HischierGWGAssists: Dougie Hamilton, Tomas Tatar · Snap, 0.04 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:59NJDNathan Bastian: Interference2 min
  2. P1 6:24CGYMikael Backlund: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 11:23NJDErik Haula: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P1 14:42CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P1 17:53CGYDennis Gilbert: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 17:53NJDNathan Bastian: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 6:04CGYMilan Lucic: Too many men on the ice2 min
  8. P2 15:00CGYBrett Ritchie: Interference2 min · PPG
  9. P2 15:58CGYBlake Coleman: Holding2 min
  10. P2 18:51NJDRyan Graves: Interference2 min
  11. P3 4:53NJDMiles Wood: Holding2 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 SOG0NJD
49% to win51% to win
← CGY attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kadri won the faceoff against Hischier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNJD
35Shots on goal20
3.4Expected goals2.0
62Shot attempts48
31Faceoffs won32
4Power plays5
15Penalty minutes13
27Hits21
18Blocked shots9
5Giveaways7
5Takeaways2

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. bestLewis – Backlund – Mangiapane7:35

    xG 0.66–0.11 (85%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Toffoli – Lindholm – Ruzicka9:22

    xG 0.81–0.27 (75%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  3. Kadri – Coleman – Dube7:52

    xG 0.28–0.14 (66%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

  4. Lucic – Ritchie – Rooney5:52

    xG 0.16–0.03 (85%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – DeSimone8:04

    xG 0.48–0.10 (83%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson10:59

    xG 0.38–0.05 (89%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Zadorov15:27

    xG 1.06–0.73 (59%)attempts 18–9goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestHaula – Bratt – Hughes3:03

    xG 0.21–0.08 (74%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Bastian – McLeod – Boqvist4:48

    xG 0.32–0.19 (62%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Hischier – Zetterlund2:03

    xG 0.05–0.03 (62%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Sharangovich – Hughes – Mercer6:40

    xG 0.49–0.48 (50%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Siegenthaler12:30

    xG 0.77–0.17 (82%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Smith – Severson9:44

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  3. Graves – Marino14:25

    xG 0.05–1.42 (4%)attempts 6–20goals 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 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 61/100 · #557 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.83 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 73% 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).