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Sat, Oct 16, 2010·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

Colorado Avalanche 2, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 57% of the time.

NYI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0908213230
NYI0731028525

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:06NYIMilan JurcinaSHAssists: Josh Bailey · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 18:01NYIMilan JurcinaUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:00NYIJosh BaileyPPGWGAssists: PA Parenteau, James Wisniewski · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–3
  4. P3 2:19COLChris StewartAssists: John-Michael Liles, Paul Stastny · Slap, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 4:11NYIMichael GrabnerAssists: PA Parenteau · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:08COLTJ GaliardiAssists: Mark Olver · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:40NYIJohn TavaresENAssists: Jon Sim, Milan Jurcina · Wrist, 0.60 xG2–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:05COLChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:05NYIZenon Konopka: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:21COLPaul Stastny: Interference2 min
  4. P1 17:55COLKyle Cumiskey: Interference2 min
  5. P2 2:06NYIAndrew MacDonald: Cross checking2 min
  6. P2 10:57COLCody McLeod: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 12:29NYIDoug Weight: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 18:31COLKyle Quincey: Roughing2 min · PPG
  9. P2 19:46COLKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  10. P3 6:30NYIJosh Bailey: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 11:05COLPaul Stastny: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 12:58COLCody McLeod: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 13:34NYIDoug Weight: Interference2 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 SOG0NYI
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Konopka won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLNYI
30Shots on goal25
2.8Expected goals2.4
61Shot attempts44
26Faceoffs won38
4Power plays7
19Penalty minutes13
6Hits6
14Blocked shots13
8Giveaways8
6Takeaways9

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 – Jones – Duchene7:40

    xG 0.68–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  2. Porter – Stastny – Stewart2:15

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Stewart – Galiardi5:05

    xG 0.05–0.03 (62%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Winnik – McLeod – O'Reilly6:31

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 9–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Holos11:41

    xG 0.67–0.34 (67%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Wilson8:47

    xG 0.43–0.09 (82%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Hannan – Cumiskey9:01

    xG 0.33–0.03 (91%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMoulson – Tavares – Niederreiter8:39

    xG 0.13–0.06 (69%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  2. Parenteau – Nielsen – Grabner5:59

    xG 0.30–0.26 (53%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  3. Weight – Comeau – Bailey8:00

    xG 0.13–0.61 (17%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Jurcina – MacDonald9:29

    xG 0.09–0.39 (19%)attempts 8–13goals 1–0

  2. Eaton – Martinek13:19

    xG 0.16–0.58 (21%)attempts 4–18goals 1–1

  3. Mottau – Wisniewski13:31

    xG 0.37–0.98 (28%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

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.

NYI 2.4 xGCOL 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #564 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 57% of the time.

NYI winsCOL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).