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Tue, Nov 30, 2010·Pepsi Center, Denver

Atlanta Thrashers 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 71% of the time.

COL winsATL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ATL115061911331
COL080921301231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:41ATLRich PeverleyAssists: Andrew Ladd, Zach Bogosian · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:43COLMatt DucheneUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 10:10COLDavid JonesPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Milan Hejduk · Tip-in, 0.14 xG1–2
  4. P3 13:48ATLDustin ByfuglienAssists: Toby Enstrom, Alexander Burmistrov · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:49ATLAnthony StewartGWGAssists: Dustin Byfuglien, Ron Hainsey · Wrap-around, 0.02 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:57COLMilan Hejduk: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:55COLRyan O'Byrne: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 19:57COLKevin Shattenkirk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 10:52COLCody McLeod: Charging2 min
  5. P2 14:43ATLNik Antropov: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:24ATLAndrew Ladd: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 10:02ATLEvander Kane: Interference2 min · PPG
  8. P3 18:59ATLNik Antropov: Tripping2 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.

ATL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ATLCOL
31Shots on goal31
1.3Expected goals2.4
52Shot attempts66
24Faceoffs won24
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
16Hits29
18Blocked shots14
7Giveaways9
12Takeaways13

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.

Atlanta Thrashers

Forward lines

  1. bestStewart – Little – Kane9:45

    xG 0.30–0.22 (58%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Antropov – Eager – Burmistrov10:18

    xG 0.19–0.13 (60%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Peverley – Bergfors10:13

    xG 0.25–0.19 (56%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  4. Boulton – Thorburn – Slater5:52

    xG 0.03–0.50 (5%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSopel – Hainsey12:51

    xG 0.30–0.16 (66%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  2. Oduya – Bogosian13:09

    xG 0.31–0.24 (56%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Enstrom – Byfuglien15:57

    xG 0.29–0.97 (23%)attempts 14–22goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestYip – Winnik – O'Reilly2:05

    xG 0.40–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Hejduk – Porter – Stastny11:38

    xG 0.34–0.06 (85%)attempts 15–7goals 0–1

  3. Winnik – McLeod – O'Reilly6:08

    xG 0.10–0.02 (81%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Mauldin – Jones – Duchene3:33

    xG 0.05–0.19 (20%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Wilson9:33

    xG 0.65–0.18 (78%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  2. Liles – O'Byrne14:29

    xG 0.32–0.23 (58%)attempts 15–9goals 0–1

  3. Quincey – Shattenkirk13:37

    xG 0.18–0.31 (37%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

COL 2.4 xGATL 1.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLATL

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 ATL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #216 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.18 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
ATL 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 71% of the time.

COL winsATL wins

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

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