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Thu, Jan 28, 2010·Pepsi Center, Denver

Minnesota Wild 1, Colorado Avalanche 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 59% of the time.

COL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN0901017126
COL06011012029

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 15:11MINMartin HavlatGWGAssists: Kyle Brodziak, Marek Zidlicky · Backhand, 0.13 xG1–0
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:43COLKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:01COLKyle Cumiskey: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 6:03COLCody McLeod: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 10:58COLDarcy Tucker: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 0:52COLTJ Galiardi: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 5:16MINKim Johnsson: Holding2 min
  7. P3 17:31MINGuillaume Latendresse: Hooking2 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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← MIN attackCOL 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.

MINCOL
26Shots on goal29
2.8Expected goals2.3
51Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won24
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
13Hits15
17Blocked shots18
5Giveaways13
7Takeaways14

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 2.3 xGMIN 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #1083 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +38 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 59% of the time.

COL winsMIN wins

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

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