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Fri, Feb 11, 2011·Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Colorado Avalanche 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 52% of the time.

CBJ winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11201307132
CBJ06214112332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:54COLPhilippe DupuisUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:19CBJRick NashAssists: Jakub Voracek, Fedor Tyutin · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:02CBJDerick BrassardGWGAssists: Rick Nash · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:56CBJDerek MacKenzieENAssists: Samuel Pahlsson · Wrist, 0.60 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:23CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 6:23COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 3:12CBJJared Boll: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 3:12COLDavid Koci: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 6:50CBJDerek Dorsett: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 6:50COLDaniel Winnik: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 11:39CBJR.J. Umberger: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 15:20COLBrandon Yip: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 1:18COLPaul Stastny: 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 SOG0CBJ
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brassard won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCBJ
32Shots on goal32
2.4Expected goals2.3
52Shot attempts60
25Faceoffs won30
1Power plays2
19Penalty minutes17
26Hits27
16Blocked shots9
1Giveaways0
8Takeaways7

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. bestForsberg – Hejduk – Duchene14:12

    xG 0.82–0.31 (73%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  2. Porter – Yip – Winnik4:59

    xG 0.29–0.07 (81%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Stastny – Stewart10:51

    xG 0.33–0.16 (67%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Koci – Dupuis – McLeod2:03

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWilson – Shattenkirk12:17

    xG 1.01–0.32 (76%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Liles – O'Byrne11:58

    xG 0.46–0.25 (65%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

  3. Hunwick – Holos10:53

    xG 0.48–0.36 (57%)attempts 11–8goals 1–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. Nash – Brassard – Voracek11:39

    xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  2. MacKenzie – Boll – Calvert3:41

    xG 0.06–0.09 (40%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Clark – Pahlsson – MacKenzie4:53

    xG 0.15–0.19 (45%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Clark – Pahlsson – Dorsett9:21

    xG 0.08–0.49 (14%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Stralman17:42

    xG 0.67–0.54 (55%)attempts 21–15goals 0–0

  2. Tyutin – Methot15:00

    xG 0.26–0.23 (53%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  3. Clitsome – Russell12:44

    xG 0.44–0.87 (34%)attempts 11–17goals 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.

CBJ 2.3 xGCOL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 29/100 · #832 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 52% of the time.

CBJ winsCOL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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