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Sun, Jan 31, 2010·Pepsi Center, Denver

New York Rangers 3, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR110112112334
COL01205118135

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:53NYRMarian GaborikAssists: Sean Avery, Artem Anisimov · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:57NYRMarian GaborikGWGAssists: Vinny Prospal, Marc Staal · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P3 9:17NYRMarian GaborikAssists: Vinny Prospal, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P3 12:39COLCody McLeodAssists: Kyle Quincey, Justin Mercier · Backhand, 0.41 xG3–1
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 1:13COLKyle Cumiskey: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 1:13COLCraig Anderson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 2:53NYRRyan Callahan: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 5:05COLBrandon Yip: Interference2 min
  5. P1 5:21NYRAaron Voros: Interference2 min
  6. P1 11:01COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 11:01NYRAaron Voros: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 11:29NYRMarian Gaborik: Interference2 min
  9. P2 0:26COLWojtek Wolski: Holding2 min
  10. P2 8:06COLChris Durno: Hooking2 min
  11. P2 14:47NYRSean Avery: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 0:23NYRMarian Gaborik: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 7:06NYRVinny Prospal: Delaying game2 min
  14. P3 17:56COLPaul Stastny: Tripping2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCOL
34Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals3.4
55Shot attempts61
26Faceoffs won27
6Power plays6
17Penalty minutes17
22Hits20
13Blocked shots11
4Giveaways13
10Takeaways10

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 3.4 xGNYR 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 16/100 · #1026 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.79 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 51% of the time.

COL winsNYR wins

Simulated goal difference (COL − NYR), 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).