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Wed, Nov 17, 2010·Pepsi Center, Denver

San Jose Sharks 3, Colorado Avalanche 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 77% of the time.

COL winsSJS wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
SJS11321501500343
COL19032812422

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:42SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Ryane Clowe, Joe Pavelski · Tip-in, 0.39 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:27COLKevin ShattenkirkPPAssists: Milan Hejduk, John-Michael Liles · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:09SJSDan BoyleAssists: Joe Thornton, Ryane Clowe · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 9:14SJSMike MooreAssists: Dany Heatley · Snap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 8:38COLChris StewartAssists: John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:49COLPaul StastnyAssists: Chris Stewart, David Jones · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:07COLKevin PorterGWGAssists: Scott Hannan · Backhand, 0.06 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 8:00COLBrandon Yip: High sticking double minor4 min
  2. P1 12:13COLPaul Stastny: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 15:46COLKevin Porter: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 16:49SJSDan Boyle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:27SJSLogan Couture: Interference2 min
  6. P2 7:04COLKevin Shattenkirk: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

SJS00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
47% to win53% to win
← SJS attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Couture won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SJSCOL
43Shots on goal22
3.6Expected goals2.0
68Shot attempts42
41Faceoffs won24
5Power plays2
4Penalty minutes10
18Hits23
13Blocked shots14
5Giveaways7
7Takeaways8

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.

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestClowe – Pavelski – Couture12:18

    xG 1.38–0.22 (86%)attempts 16–5goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Marleau – Heatley10:09

    xG 0.54–0.23 (71%)attempts 13–8goals 1–1

  3. Mayers – Nichol – McCarthy6:05

    xG 0.10–0.21 (32%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – Setoguchi – McGinn10:21

    xG 0.35–0.73 (32%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Demers12:27

    xG 1.29–0.55 (70%)attempts 17–6goals 1–1

  2. Boyle – Moore9:00

    xG 0.82–0.25 (77%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  3. Boyle – Vlasic6:24

    xG 0.17–0.04 (80%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Stastny – Stewart12:36

    xG 1.05–0.26 (80%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

  2. Porter – Winnik – O'Reilly3:47

    xG 0.04–0.08 (34%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  3. Hejduk – Winnik – Duchene4:11

    xG 0.03–0.06 (28%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Hejduk – Yip – Duchene6:16

    xG 0.10–0.49 (17%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Shattenkirk12:45

    xG 0.71–0.27 (72%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Liles – O'Byrne14:06

    xG 0.30–0.28 (52%)attempts 13–14goals 1–0

  3. Foote – Wilson14:42

    xG 0.75–1.76 (30%)attempts 10–21goals 1–2

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 2.0 xGSJS 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLSJS

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 SJS. Dots are goals.

Excitement 87/100 · #145 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.15 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
SJS 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +37 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 77% of the time.

COL winsSJS wins

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

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