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Wed, Jan 6, 2010·Pepsi Center, Denver

New York Islanders 3, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 54% of the time.

COL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI11311517335
COL1909114232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:48COLChris StewartPPAssists: John-Michael Liles, Milan Hejduk · Tip-in, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:10NYIJon SimAssists: Rob Schremp, Josh Bailey · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:48NYIRob SchrempPPAssists: Frans Nielsen, Mark Streit · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:37COLMatt HendricksAssists: Brandon Yip, Chris Durno · Wrist, 0.41 xG2–2
  5. P3 16:43NYIKyle OkposoGWGAssists: Andrew MacDonald · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:15NYIAndy Sutton: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P2 16:56COLJohn-Michael Liles: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:11NYIJack Hillen: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 1:34NYIKyle Okposo: Holding2 min
  5. P3 10:16COLKyle Quincey: High sticking2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← NYI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Park won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICOL
35Shots on goal32
2.8Expected goals3.0
56Shot attempts57
23Faceoffs won32
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
12Hits20
17Blocked shots11
9Giveaways9
7Takeaways8

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.

COL 3.0 xGNYI 2.8 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #544 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.69 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 54% of the time.

COL winsNYI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).