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Tue, Mar 18, 2025·Madison Square Garden, New York

Calgary Flames 2, New York Rangers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 71% of the time.

NYR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY214010011235
NYR150305113

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:13NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Urho Vaakanainen, Will Cuylle · Snap, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:22CGYNazem KadriAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Connor Zary · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:03CGYMatt CoronatoPPGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri, MacKenzie Weegar · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:46NYRMatt Rempe: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:37NYRBraden Schneider: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P2 4:59NYRJ.T. Miller: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 4:59CGYRasmus Andersson: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 9:18NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 12:43CGYMartin Pospisil: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
43% to win57% to win
← CGY attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against Frost
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYR
35Shots on goal13
3.1Expected goals1.8
64Shot attempts48
24Faceoffs won34
3Power plays1
4Penalty minutes8
36Hits37
13Blocked shots16
20Giveaways20
11Takeaways1

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. bestHuberdeau – Frost – Coronato12:43

    xG 1.38–0.26 (84%)attempts 25–11goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Pospisil – Zary12:58

    xG 0.99–0.31 (76%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  3. Lomberg – Rooney – Klapka5:43

    xG 0.20–0.01 (97%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Coleman – Farabee – Sharangovich10:33

    xG 0.04–0.58 (7%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWeegar – Hanley16:49

    xG 1.91–0.54 (78%)attempts 28–16goals 1–1

  2. Andersson – Bahl18:09

    xG 0.63–0.39 (62%)attempts 18–13goals 0–0

  3. Bean – Miromanov10:38

    xG 0.14–0.31 (31%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTrocheck – Miller – Panarin2:35

    xG 0.19–0.04 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Brodzinski – Lafrenière3:39

    xG 0.18–0.16 (52%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Brodzinski – Berard – Rempe4:33

    xG 0.07–0.05 (56%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Kreider – Zibanejad – Panarin3:56

    xG 0.10–0.19 (33%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFox – Miller3:38

    xG 0.20–0.04 (82%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Schneider12:29

    xG 0.33–0.24 (59%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Borgen – Vaakanainen2:50

    xG 0.18–0.39 (31%)attempts 2–5goals 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 1.8 xGCGY 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 18/100 · #1084 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYR 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, Calgary Flames win this game 71% 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).