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Sat, Feb 18, 2023·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

New York Rangers 2, Calgary Flames 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 68% of the time.

CGY winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYR07181401220
CGY213090911332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:38CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Mikael Backlund · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 0:46CGYNazem KadriAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Jakob Pelletier · Snap, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:53NYRVladimir TarasenkoAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Artemi Panarin · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 12:48NYRAlexis LafrenièrePPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Filip Chytil · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:28CGYMikael BacklundPPGWGAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Rasmus Andersson · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:51CGYTrevor Lewis: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P2 12:13NYRVincent Trocheck: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 19:58NYRK'Andre Miller: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 10:50CGYNazem Kadri: Interference2 min · PPG
  5. P3 0:00CGYNazem Kadri: Misconduct10 min
  6. OT 0:50NYRAdam Fox: 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCGY
20Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals3.4
40Shot attempts62
23Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes14
26Hits21
13Blocked shots13
20Giveaways10
5Takeaways17

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. bestTrocheck – Vesey – Panarin8:11

    xG 0.72–0.47 (61%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  2. Tarasenko – Trocheck – Panarin5:53

    xG 0.28–0.08 (78%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Kreider – Zibanejad – Kakko3:01

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Chytil – Lafrenière2:34

    xG 0.14–0.08 (64%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Mikkola – Schneider12:00

    xG 0.43–0.48 (47%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Miller16:19

    xG 0.54–0.66 (45%)attempts 12–14goals 1–1

  3. Miller – Schneider2:08

    xG 0.16–0.75 (17%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestBacklund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:48

    xG 1.08–0.21 (84%)attempts 20–4goals 1–0

  2. Toffoli – Dube – Ruzicka8:27

    xG 0.60–0.08 (88%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Lewis – Lucic – Ritchie9:23

    xG 0.27–0.08 (76%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Huberdeau – Pelletier11:41

    xG 0.79–0.99 (44%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Weegar17:01

    xG 1.30–0.43 (75%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  2. Stone – Zadorov14:30

    xG 0.48–0.22 (68%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson16:14

    xG 1.10–0.96 (53%)attempts 17–15goals 2–1

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 3.4 xGNYR 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 66/100 · #510 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 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 68% of the time.

CGY winsNYR wins

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

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