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Thu, Dec 30, 2010·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 59% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL3110609011427
EDM08110213040335

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:22COLTJ GaliardiAssists: Paul Stastny, Ryan Wilson · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:01COLPaul StastnyAssists: David Jones, TJ Galiardi · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P1 14:49COLTomas FleischmannAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:30EDMTaylor HallAssists: Sam Gagner, Jordan Eberle · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:54EDMAles HemskyAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Dustin Penner · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:53EDMAndrew CoglianoAssists: Ales Hemsky, Dustin Penner · Snap, 0.36 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. COL Milan Hejduk scored
  3. 3. EDM Ales Hemsky stopped
  4. 4. COL Matt Duchene stopped
  5. 5. EDM Taylor Hall stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 2:18EDMSam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 5:40COLGreg Mauldin: Holding2 min
  3. P2 16:55COLPaul Stastny: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 19:29COLRyan O'Byrne: Cross checking2 min
  5. OT 0:33EDMLadislav Smid: Holding2 min
  6. OT 3:20COLDaniel Winnik: Slashing2 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 Cogliano
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
27Shots on goal35
3.4Expected goals2.9
59Shot attempts67
43Faceoffs won25
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
20Hits21
18Blocked shots16
17Giveaways15
10Takeaways7

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 – Fleischmann – Duchene12:03

    xG 1.30–0.46 (74%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  2. Jones – Stastny – Galiardi13:27

    xG 1.07–0.38 (74%)attempts 17–9goals 2–1

  3. Porter – Winnik – O'Reilly11:19

    xG 0.31–0.30 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – O'Byrne16:14

    xG 1.32–0.85 (61%)attempts 25–19goals 2–2

  2. Foote – Wilson16:25

    xG 1.03–0.70 (60%)attempts 11–15goals 1–0

  3. Hunwick – Shattenkirk11:55

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Penner – Cogliano13:20

    xG 0.74–0.55 (57%)attempts 17–13goals 2–1

  2. Brule – O'Marra – Paajarvi8:13

    xG 0.16–0.29 (36%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Fraser – Stortini – Jones8:04

    xG 0.04–0.23 (14%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Eberle – Hall13:27

    xG 0.66–1.64 (29%)attempts 15–19goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. Smid – Peckham3:07

    xG 0.17–0.21 (45%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Foster – Smid11:42

    xG 0.42–0.59 (41%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  3. Strudwick – Petry11:17

    xG 0.39–0.65 (37%)attempts 4–15goals 1–1

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.

EDM 2.9 xGCOL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #191 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 59% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

-7
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-3
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-1
0
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+7

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