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Wed, Nov 24, 2010·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Colorado Avalanche 2, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0711016223
VAN171725419

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:32VANKevin BieksaAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Manny Malhotra · Deflected, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P2 5:05COLJohn-Michael LilesPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Milan Hejduk · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:00VANDaniel SedinAssists: Henrik Sedin, Alexandre Burrows · Deflected, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:52VANRyan KeslerGWGAssists: Mason Raymond, Jeff Tambellini · Deflected, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 6:46COLMatt DucheneAssists: John-Michael Liles, Brandon Yip · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:07VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:13COLCody McLeod: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 11:55VANAndrew Alberts: Interference2 min
  3. P1 14:56VANKeith Ballard: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 2:12COLCody McLeod: Holding2 min
  5. P2 3:20VANDan Hamhuis: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:27COLPhilippe Dupuis: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 14:58VANDan Hamhuis: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 17:25COLCody McLeod: Elbowing2 min
  9. P3 16:47VANChristian Ehrhoff: Holding2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLVAN
23Shots on goal19
2.2Expected goals1.9
44Shot attempts50
18Faceoffs won34
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
17Hits19
20Blocked shots11
5Giveaways3
4Takeaways9

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 – Porter – Duchene9:45

    xG 0.61–0.27 (69%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  2. Yip – Winnik – O'Reilly7:17

    xG 0.26–0.11 (70%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Mauldin – Dupuis – McLeod2:16

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Jones – Stastny – Stewart9:52

    xG 0.05–0.65 (7%)attempts 3–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – O'Byrne9:00

    xG 0.20–0.02 (91%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  2. Hannan – Shattenkirk10:16

    xG 0.54–0.40 (57%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  3. Liles – Wilson2:39

    xG 0.24–0.16 (59%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows9:39

    xG 0.45–0.03 (93%)attempts 13–3goals 2–0

  2. Malhotra – Samuelsson – Torres7:41

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Kesler – Tambellini – Raymond9:53

    xG 0.47–0.42 (52%)attempts 12–5goals 1–1

  4. Perrault – Glass – Hansen4:19

    xG 0.00–0.32 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEhrhoff – Edler13:19

    xG 0.77–0.13 (85%)attempts 16–7goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Bieksa13:51

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 11–2goals 1–0

  3. Ballard – Edler2:45

    xG 0.01–0.12 (8%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

VAN 1.9 xGCOL 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 47/100 · #606 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 56% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

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

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