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Wed, Oct 21, 2009·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Colorado Avalanche 2, Minnesota Wild 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 60% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL0621808030235
MIN1130419001326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:44MINBrent BurnsPPAssists: Mikko Koivu, Marek Zidlicky · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:25COLDarcy TuckerAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Kyle Quincey · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:07COLKyle QuinceyAssists: Cody McLeod, Wojtek Wolski · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–1
  4. P3 15:09MINMikko KoivuPPAssists: Antti Miettinen, Marek Zidlicky · Deflected, 0.08 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. MIN Mikko Koivu scored
  2. 2. COL Marek Svatos stopped
  3. 3. MIN Martin Havlat stopped
  4. 4. COL Milan Hejduk stopped
  5. 5. MIN Marek Zidlicky stopped
  6. 6. COL Wojtek Wolski stopped
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:28COLTJ Galiardi: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:04MINGreg Zanon: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:20COLDarcy Tucker: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 11:49COLAdam Foote: Interference2 min
  5. P1 16:12COLMatt Duchene: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 3:38MINDerek Boogaard: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 3:38COLDavid Koci: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 12:43COLCody McLeod: Closing hand on puck2 min
  9. P2 18:26MINJames Sheppard: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 5:59COLMarek Svatos: Cross checking2 min
  11. P3 13:51COLWojtek Wolski: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0MIN
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Koivu won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLMIN
35Shots on goal26
2.3Expected goals2.9
48Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won31
2Power plays7
19Penalty minutes9
21Hits30
13Blocked shots3
5Giveaways17
5Takeaways10

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.

MIN 2.9 xGCOL 2.3 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #343 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.93 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 60% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

Simulated goal difference (MIN − COL), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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