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Sun, Nov 1, 2009·General Motors Place, Vancouver

Colorado Avalanche 0, Vancouver Canucks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL060705018
VAN141818320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:05VANMason RaymondGWGAssists: Alexander Edler, Ryan Kesler · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:28VANRyan KeslerAssists: Sami Salo, Mason Raymond · Wrist, 0.24 xG0–2
  3. P3 9:25VANTanner GlassAssists: Rick Rypien · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:25VANKevin Bieksa: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 14:25VANKevin Bieksa: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:25COLJohn-Michael Liles: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 15:51VANShane O'Brien: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 13:47COLAdam Foote: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 1:52COLMilan Hejduk: High sticking double minor4 min
  7. P3 17:09COLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:09VANRick Rypien: Roughing2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kesler won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLVAN
18Shots on goal20
1.0Expected goals2.0
33Shot attempts40
22Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
10Penalty minutes8
24Hits10
11Blocked shots8
6Giveaways8
7Takeaways10

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.

VAN 2.0 xGCOL 1.0 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1194 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.51 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

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

-7
-6
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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