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Fri, Jan 6, 2023·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

New York Islanders 1, Calgary Flames 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 57% of the time.

CGY winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI180809125
CGY360916421

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:36CGYMilan LucicAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 6:05CGYBlake ColemanGWGAssists: Andrew Mangiapane, Mikael Backlund · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
  3. P1 14:21CGYNikita ZadorovAssists: Trevor Lewis · Slap, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P1 19:00NYIZach PariseAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Scott Mayfield · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:59CGYNazem KadriAssists: Tyler Toffoli, MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 5:25CGYJonathan Huberdeau: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 7:57NYICasey Cizikas: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:28NYIParker Wotherspoon: High sticking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICGY
25Shots on goal21
1.8Expected goals2.1
37Shot attempts56
29Faceoffs won21
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
31Hits19
19Blocked shots8
15Giveaways15
11Takeaways6

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 Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestBailey – Cizikas – Lee6:26

    xG 0.15–0.06 (72%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Nelson – Beauvillier6:15

    xG 0.23–0.16 (59%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier2:44

    xG 0.10–0.05 (68%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Lee2:55

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestPulock – Wotherspoon13:48

    xG 0.81–0.29 (74%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  2. Dobson – Romanov14:17

    xG 0.29–0.39 (43%)attempts 12–13goals 0–2

  3. Pulock – Dobson3:44

    xG 0.00–0.51 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Lindholm – Dube11:00

    xG 0.66–0.30 (69%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane12:18

    xG 0.79–0.47 (63%)attempts 20–8goals 1–0

  3. Lucic – Kadri – Huberdeau13:41

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  4. Lewis – Ruzicka – Zohorna10:06

    xG 0.17–0.09 (64%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Weegar17:40

    xG 1.08–0.25 (81%)attempts 27–9goals 1–0

  2. Hanifin – Andersson16:26

    xG 0.45–0.24 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Zadorov – Andersson2:20

    xG 0.08–0.13 (38%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

CGY 2.1 xGNYI 1.8 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #1074 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 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 57% of the time.

CGY winsNYI wins

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

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