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Fri, Nov 19, 2010·Pepsi Center, Denver

New York Rangers 1, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 70% of the time.

COL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR090918126
COL0841018526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:04COLDavid JonesAssists: Chris Stewart · Wrist, 0.39 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:21COLKevin PorterGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Ryan Wilson · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:27COLMatt DucheneAssists: Scott Hannan · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:07COLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Scott Hannan, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.01 xG0–4
  5. P3 4:58COLDaniel WinnikAssists: Greg Mauldin · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–5
  6. P3 6:03NYRDerek StepanAssists: Marian Gaborik · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:15NYRDan Girardi: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:22COLBrandon Yip: Interference2 min
  3. P2 9:15COLGreg Mauldin: Holding2 min
  4. P2 16:59COLCody McLeod: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 19:51COLRyan O'Byrne: Holding2 min
  6. P3 9:41COLDavid Jones: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:58NYRSean Avery: Misconduct10 min
  8. P3 18:58COLCody McLeod: Misconduct10 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
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Boyle
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCOL
26Shots on goal26
1.7Expected goals2.8
48Shot attempts42
24Faceoffs won38
5Power plays1
12Penalty minutes20
23Hits24
8Blocked shots16
1Giveaways5
3Takeaways5

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.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestFedotenko – Boyle – Prust9:58

    xG 0.34–0.16 (68%)attempts 9–4goals 0–1

  2. Fedotenko – Avery – Boyle2:02

    xG 0.08–0.02 (80%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Gaborik – Frolov – Stepan10:33

    xG 0.22–0.23 (49%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  4. White – Avery – Christensen8:12

    xG 0.16–0.88 (16%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Eminger – Sauer7:41

    xG 0.09–0.08 (52%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Girardi9:36

    xG 0.30–0.32 (48%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1

  3. Sauer – Gilroy6:44

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestJones – Stastny – Stewart11:55

    xG 1.02–0.23 (82%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  2. Mauldin – Winnik – O'Reilly11:31

    xG 0.69–0.13 (84%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  3. Hejduk – Porter – Duchene11:11

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 11–10goals 3–0

  4. Dupuis – Yip – McLeod6:49

    xG 0.20–0.22 (48%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Shattenkirk16:15

    xG 0.82–0.18 (82%)attempts 10–11goals 3–0

  2. Foote – Wilson11:34

    xG 0.76–0.29 (73%)attempts 10–8goals 2–0

  3. Liles – O'Byrne13:30

    xG 0.78–0.35 (69%)attempts 11–15goals 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.

COL 2.8 xGNYR 1.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 13/100 · #1008 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 70% of the time.

COL winsNYR wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+6
+7

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