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Mon, Feb 12, 2024·Madison Square Garden, New York

Calgary Flames 0, New York Rangers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 76% of the time.

NYR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY06013010029
NYR011110110231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 12:31NYRWill CuylleGWGAssists: Kaapo Kakko, Jonny Brodzinski · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P3 19:41NYRJimmy VeseyENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.73 xG0–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:36CGYOliver Kylington: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:28NYRWill Cuylle: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 12:28CGYMartin Pospisil: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 8:51NYRErik Gustafsson: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 8:51CGYBrayden Pachal: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 8:51CGYMartin Pospisil: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 8:51NYRArtemi Panarin: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 8:51NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 9:10CGYJonathan Huberdeau: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 13:01NYRKaapo Kakko: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 12:46CGYBrayden Pachal: Hooking2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Goodrow won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYR
29Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals4.4
57Shot attempts70
18Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
12Penalty minutes10
26Hits30
19Blocked shots15
6Giveaways11
0Takeaways11

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. bestKadri – Pospisil – Zary11:32

    xG 0.62–0.33 (66%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Huberdeau – Rooney – Duehr2:10

    xG 0.20–0.14 (58%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Huberdeau – Sharangovich – Kuzmenko9:09

    xG 0.15–0.30 (33%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane11:48

    xG 0.44–1.09 (29%)attempts 10–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKylington – Pachal11:18

    xG 0.45–0.23 (66%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Weegar – Andersson15:10

    xG 0.24–0.46 (35%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

  3. Tanev – Hanifin15:05

    xG 0.39–0.67 (37%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestBrodzinski – Kakko – Cuylle8:00

    xG 0.81–0.18 (82%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière14:14

    xG 0.83–0.70 (54%)attempts 21–16goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Kreider – Zibanejad9:36

    xG 0.58–0.58 (50%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Goodrow – Vesey – Edstrom8:49

    xG 0.02–0.25 (7%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTrouba – Miller13:59

    xG 1.73–0.41 (81%)attempts 28–11goals 1–0

  2. Gustafsson – Schneider12:42

    xG 0.29–0.52 (35%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Fox – Lindgren14:39

    xG 0.30–0.74 (29%)attempts 8–15goals 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.

NYR 4.4 xGCGY 2.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #1207 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 Rangers win this game 76% of the time.

NYR winsCGY wins

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

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