New York Rangers vs. Calgary FlamesMar 15, 2019

FinalFriday, Mar 15, 2019· Scotiabank Saddledome

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: NYR —CGY —
PP goals: NYR —CGY —
Hits: NYR 15CGY 15
Blocks: NYR 14CGY 5
PIM: NYR 10CGY 10
: NYR 52%CGY 48%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Calgary Flames rout New York Rangers 5–1

Calgary Flames beat New York Rangers 5–1 at home. Matthew Tkachuk (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 3A. New look for CGY: Gaudreau–Lindholm–Ryan skated 5:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Matthew Tkachuk had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 19:07.Tkachuk
Points
Michael Frolik had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:14.Frolik
New line
New look for CGY: Gaudreau–Lindholm–Ryan skated 5:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Lindholm Ryan
Usage
Sean Monahan (CGY) played 8:58, −10:13 down on his 19:11 season average over 77 games.Monahan
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Neal Pionk (NYR) played 15:43, −5:31 down on his 21:14 season average over 72 games.Pionk
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Derek Ryan (CGY) played 17:09, +3:23 up on his 13:46 season average over 80 games.Ryan
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Jesper Fast (NYR) played 11:31, −4:16 down on his 15:47 season average over 65 games.Fast
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Travis Hamonic (CGY) played 16:44, −4:12 down on his 20:56 season average over 68 games.Hamonic

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY pressure
NYR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 23% of the game, CGY 49%.

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NYR	CGY
	31	52
	1.37	2.27
	1.36	2.21
	7	18
	0	2
	29	53
	+0.004	−0.004
	23%	49%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New York Rangers

L1Strome – Namestnikov – Chytil
7:5650% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Vesey
5:2514% CF
L3Brickley – Fast – Andersson
3:0940% CF
L4Buchnevich – Lemieux – Howden
2:090% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Skjei
10:1318% CF
D2Staal – Pionk
8:2823% CF
D3Smith – DeAngelo
7:3050% CF

PP1Kreider – Zibanejad – Namestnikov – Buchnevich – DeAngelo
2:50100% CF
PP2Strome – Zibanejad – Vesey – DeAngelo – Howden
1:28100% CF
PK1FFast – Zibanejad
1:30
PK2FVesey – Howden
1:28
PK1DSmith – Skjei
3:10
PK2DStaal – Pionk
2:19

Current NYR line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Frolik – Backlund – Tkachuk
9:4575% CF
L2Gaudreau – Lindholm – Ryan
5:1278% CF
L3Jankowski – Bennett – Czarnik
4:0060% CF
L4Monahan – Hathaway – Mangiapane
0:00
D1Giordano – Brodie
14:2071% CF
D2Andersson – Fantenberg
14:1359% CF
D3Hamonic – Hanifin
12:3064% CF

PP1Giordano – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Tkachuk
3:56100% CF
PP2Backlund – Bennett – Andersson – Czarnik – Ryan
1:3050% CF
PK1FHathaway – Ryan
2:26
PK2FBacklund – Lindholm
1:56
PK1DGiordano – Hamonic
3:09
PK2DBrodie – Hanifin
2:25

Current CGY line combinations →

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	46
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	16:49	—	—	48
Filip Chytil C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	14:44	—	—	45
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	20:34	—	—	35
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	29
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	28
Jesper Fast R	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	11:31	—	—	43
Lias Andersson C	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	10:31	—	—	31
Connor Brickley L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	8:31	—	—	42
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	2	16:14	—	—	48
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	50
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	10:49	—	—	13
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	21:43	—	—	24
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	21:36	—	—	33
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0	17:34	—	—	29
Neal Pionk D	D2	1	0	1	-2	2	1	2	0	15:43	—	—	27
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	19:22	—	—	55
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	2	18:19	—	—	52

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	60:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	2	3	5	+5	5	3	0	0	19:07	—	—	68
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	1	1	+2	7	1	0	2	18:30	—	—	69
Michael Frolik R	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0	1	0	12:14	—	—	80
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	22:03	—	—	59
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	20:40	—	—	70
Derek Ryan C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	68
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	13:36	—	—	36
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	11:58	—	—	71
Austin Czarnik C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	11:45	—	—	50
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	9:55	—	—	47
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	2	9:45	—	—	50
Sean Monahan C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	8:58	—	—	60
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	24:08	—	—	68
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	21:59	—	—	67
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	17:44	—	—	55
Oscar Fantenberg D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	63
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	18:28	—	—	56
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	64

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
David Rittich(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.