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Tue, Mar 10, 2026·Madison Square Garden, New York

Calgary Flames 0, New York Rangers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 71% of the time.

NYR winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY090903021
NYR1921218429

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:27NYRAlexis LafrenièrePPGWGAssists: Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:28NYRConor ShearyAssists: Tye Kartye, Will Borgen · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:31NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Gabe Perreault, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.16 xG0–3
  4. P3 17:42NYRAlexis LafrenièreAssists: Gabe Perreault, Urho Vaakanainen · Slap, 0.15 xG0–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 8:43CGYMikael Backlund: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 16:12CGYDustin Wolf: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  3. P1 16:28CGYOlli Maatta: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 13:24NYRGabe Perreault: Holding2 min
  5. P3 3:38NYRJuuso Parssinen: 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
47% to win53% to win
← CGY attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Laba won the faceoff against Strome
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYNYR
21Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals3.6
55Shot attempts56
26Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
25Hits23
9Blocked shots16
21Giveaways14
4Takeaways6

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. bestFrost – Sharangovich – Coronato4:53

    xG 0.56–0.17 (77%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Olofsson – Pospisil – Klapka7:42

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Backlund – Coleman – Farabee3:53

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Sharangovich – Coronato7:39

    xG 0.09–0.32 (22%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Maatta – Bahl16:54

    xG 0.59–0.70 (46%)attempts 16–18goals 0–0

  2. Kuznetsov – Parekh12:51

    xG 0.50–1.02 (33%)attempts 11–17goals 0–1

  3. Hanley – Pachal14:25

    xG 0.17–0.91 (16%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestZibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault13:06

    xG 1.32–0.28 (83%)attempts 19–6goals 2–0

  2. Trocheck – Brodzinski – Cuylle12:15

    xG 0.81–0.49 (62%)attempts 13–12goals 0–0

  3. Sheary – Kartye – Laba10:24

    xG 0.37–0.36 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

  4. Parssinen – Edstrom – Chmelar6:22

    xG 0.09–0.44 (18%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobertson – Schneider14:43

    xG 1.17–0.28 (80%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Gavrikov – Fox15:27

    xG 0.47–0.54 (46%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Borgen – Vaakanainen10:45

    xG 0.49–0.76 (39%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

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 3.6 xGCGY 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 6/100 · #1276 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50NYR 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, New York Rangers 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).