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Fri, Nov 27, 2009·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Colorado Avalanche 3, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 69% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11121508334
MIN19211212532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:58COLKyle QuinceyAssists: Matt Duchene, Craig Anderson · Snap, 0.05 xG1–0
  2. P1 9:28MINOwen NolanAssists: Greg Zanon · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:48MINChuck KobasewAssists: Derek Boogaard · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:41COLPaul StastnyPPAssists: Chris Stewart, John-Michael Liles · Tip-in, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P2 6:00MINChuck KobasewPPAssists: Andrew Brunette, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–3
  6. P2 17:36COLChris StewartAssists: Wojtek Wolski · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 11:02MINAndrew BrunettePPGWGAssists: Mikko Koivu, Marek Zidlicky · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:42MINChuck KobasewENAssists: Mikko Koivu, Greg Zanon · Backhand, 0.71 xG3–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:03COLDavid Koci: Charging2 min
  2. P1 9:10MINChuck Kobasew: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 3:32MINRobbie Earl: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:58COLMarek Svatos: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:27MINKim Johnsson: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:15COLRyan Wilson: Holding2 min
  7. P3 7:51MINMarek Zidlicky: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 10:10COLDarcy Tucker: Hooking2 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 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLMIN
34Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals3.5
55Shot attempts61
34Faceoffs won36
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
20Hits30
16Blocked shots9
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways6

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 3.5 xGCOL 2.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 78/100 · #227 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 69% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

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

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