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Fri, Oct 15, 2010·Prudential Center, Newark

Colorado Avalanche 3, New Jersey Devils 2

Expected result

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

NJD winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1311217322
NJD017110116243

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:50COLCody McLeodPPAssists: TJ Galiardi, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 11:48COLTJ GaliardiAssists: Chris Stewart, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:48NJDMatt TaorminaPPAssists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Patrik Elias · Slap, 0.30 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:31COLChris StewartGWGAssists: John-Michael Liles, Paul Stastny · Slap, 0.02 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:49NJDIlya KovalchukAssists: Matt Taormina, Matthew Corrente · Snap, 0.04 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:13COLTJ Galiardi: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:53NJDColin White: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:12COLCody McLeod: Boarding5 min
  4. P1 12:12COLCody McLeod: Game misconduct10 min
  5. P2 5:50NJDHenrik Tallinder: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 13:37COLDaniel Winnik: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  7. P2 17:34NJDColin White: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 19:06NJDAdam Mair: Cross checking2 min
  9. P2 19:06COLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 5:52NJDRod Pelley: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 5:52COLAdam Foote: Fighting5 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 SOG0NJD
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLNJD
22Shots on goal43
2.2Expected goals2.2
35Shot attempts61
22Faceoffs won33
4Power plays3
26Penalty minutes15
6Hits9
11Blocked shots5
2Giveaways8
4Takeaways7

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHejduk – Winnik – O'Reilly8:27

    xG 0.47–0.11 (81%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Stewart – Galiardi6:43

    xG 0.41–0.10 (80%)attempts 6–7goals 2–1

  3. Dupuis – Winnik – O'Reilly2:28

    xG 0.02–0.00 (82%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Jones – Yip – Duchene9:37

    xG 0.29–0.37 (44%)attempts 5–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFoote – Cumiskey8:37

    xG 0.80–0.07 (92%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Quincey9:25

    xG 0.35–0.10 (78%)attempts 4–9goals 1–0

  3. Hannan – Liles2:09

    xG 0.09–0.06 (63%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestKovalchuk – Parise – Zajac8:48

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 13–7goals 1–0

  2. Mair – Sestito – Pelley3:42

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Kovalchuk – Parise – Josefson3:06

    xG 0.05–0.09 (36%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  4. Zubrus – Clarkson – Josefson7:15

    xG 0.02–0.12 (12%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTallinder – Greene14:09

    xG 0.43–0.28 (60%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Tallinder – Taormina2:04

    xG 0.02–0.05 (32%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Corrente – Urbom10:04

    xG 0.04–0.16 (21%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

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.

NJD 2.2 xGCOL 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #741 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.24 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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.

NJD winsCOL wins

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

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