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Thu, Nov 25, 2010·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 2, Edmonton Oilers 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 68% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11111709237
EDM2407113324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:40EDMGilbert BruleAssists: Tom Gilbert, Dustin Penner · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:51EDMAndrew CoglianoAssists: Tom Gilbert, Taylor Hall · Backhand, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P1 5:50COLKevin ShattenkirkAssists: Milan Hejduk, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P2 3:04COLMatt DuchenePPAssists: Brandon Yip, David Jones · Wrist, 0.43 xG2–2
  5. P3 19:31EDMTaylor HallGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Martin Gerber · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 10:54EDMZack Stortini: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 10:54COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 10:54COLCody McLeod: Misconduct10 min
  4. P2 1:38EDMKurtis Foster: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:21COLRyan Wilson: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:41EDMRyan Whitney: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 14:54COLRyan Wilson: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 0:41COLMatt Duchene: 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 SOG0EDM
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Horcoff
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
37Shots on goal24
4.1Expected goals2.8
55Shot attempts56
26Faceoffs won16
2Power plays3
18Penalty minutes6
20Hits16
20Blocked shots9
16Giveaways25
9Takeaways7

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 – Duchene13:50

    xG 1.46–0.49 (75%)attempts 19–17goals 1–0

  2. Mauldin – Dupuis – McLeod3:59

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Stastny – Stewart10:06

    xG 0.48–0.34 (59%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  4. Yip – Winnik – O'Reilly7:15

    xG 0.50–0.37 (57%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Shattenkirk7:04

    xG 0.84–0.03 (97%)attempts 9–2goals 1–0

  2. Hannan – Wilson3:50

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Wilson5:22

    xG 0.54–0.48 (53%)attempts 4–7goals 0–2

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Penner – Brule – Cogliano10:44

    xG 0.49–0.49 (50%)attempts 8–8goals 2–0

  2. Jacques – Fraser – Stortini6:20

    xG 0.03–0.17 (14%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Horcoff – Eberle – Hall15:56

    xG 1.06–1.30 (45%)attempts 18–19goals 1–0

  4. Jones – Gagner – Paajarvi7:37

    xG 0.38–0.68 (35%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Whitney2:08

    xG 0.13–0.05 (71%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Smid16:32

    xG 0.52–0.58 (47%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  3. Gilbert – Peckham15:38

    xG 0.90–1.01 (47%)attempts 16–16goals 2–0

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.

EDM 2.8 xGCOL 4.1 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #421 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +49 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 68% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

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