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Tue, Dec 7, 2010·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Colorado Avalanche 3, Florida Panthers 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 55% of the time.

FLA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL062121700325
FLA110171612425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:08FLABill ThomasAssists: Darcy Hordichuk, Bryan McCabe · Tip-in, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:42COLJohn-Michael LilesAssists: Paul Stastny, David Jones · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:39COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Daniel Winnik, John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:55FLAStephen WeissAssists: Steve Reinprecht, Michael Frolik · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 1:59COLMatt DucheneAssists: Kyle Quincey · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:11FLADavid BoothAssists: Evgenii Dadonov · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:43FLAStephen WeissGWGAssists: David Booth · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 17:36COLAdam Foote: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 0:28COLKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 19:45FLAMarty Reasoner: Hooking2 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 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Santorelli
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLFLA
25Shots on goal25
2.0Expected goals2.3
42Shot attempts51
31Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
26Hits22
15Blocked shots9
1Giveaways5
0Takeaways7

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. bestMauldin – Winnik – O'Reilly11:47

    xG 0.63–0.07 (90%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Porter – Stastny11:16

    xG 0.58–0.39 (60%)attempts 10–11goals 1–1

  3. Hejduk – Fleischmann – Duchene12:43

    xG 0.26–0.44 (37%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – O'Byrne16:09

    xG 0.68–0.45 (60%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Foote – Hunwick13:54

    xG 0.23–0.30 (43%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

  3. Quincey – Shattenkirk15:41

    xG 0.36–0.87 (30%)attempts 11–13goals 0–2

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHordichuk – Thomas – Matthias4:39

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 1–0

  2. Reasoner – McArdle – Thomas2:35

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Reasoner – McArdle – Dadonov7:02

    xG 0.05–0.22 (18%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Bernier – Booth – Santorelli14:49

    xG 0.31–0.49 (39%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcCabe – Kulikov17:03

    xG 0.95–0.41 (70%)attempts 12–12goals 2–0

  2. Wideman – Ellerby15:44

    xG 0.36–0.41 (46%)attempts 16–5goals 0–1

  3. Weaver – Garrison17:29

    xG 0.37–0.85 (30%)attempts 10–18goals 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.

FLA 2.3 xGCOL 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 86/100 · #165 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.25 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 55% of the time.

FLA winsCOL wins

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

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