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Sat, Feb 19, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Colorado Avalanche 0, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 54% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0801106025
SJS31704112433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:29SJSDevin SetoguchiGWGAssists: Jason Demers, Douglas Murray · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:54SJSDevin SetoguchiPPAssists: Logan Couture, Ian White · Slap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P1 16:38SJSRyane ClowePPAssists: Logan Couture, Joe Thornton · Snap, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 18:38SJSDevin SetoguchiUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:16SJSJamal Mayers: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 3:16COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 3:16SJSScott Nichol: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 3:16COLMark Olver: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 10:50SJSBen Eager: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 13:40COLRyan O'Byrne: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P1 15:40COLPeter Budaj: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  8. P2 2:25SJSKent Huskins: Holding2 min
  9. P2 12:19SJSDevin Setoguchi: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 11:36COLDavid Jones: Cross checking2 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 SOG0SJS
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSJS
25Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals2.6
60Shot attempts56
30Faceoffs won27
3Power plays3
13Penalty minutes13
18Hits18
13Blocked shots21
8Giveaways10
5Takeaways6

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. bestJones – Stastny – Stoa8:54

    xG 0.44–0.12 (79%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Dupuis – McLeod – Olver2:15

    xG 0.17–0.11 (61%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Yip – Winnik6:17

    xG 0.22–0.19 (53%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Dupuis – McLeod – O'Reilly4:45

    xG 0.04–0.04 (52%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Gaunce8:54

    xG 0.45–0.16 (74%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Liles – O'Byrne10:06

    xG 0.60–0.36 (62%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  3. O'Byrne – Wilson4:11

    xG 0.06–0.08 (42%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestHeatley – Pavelski – Mitchell10:09

    xG 0.29–0.11 (73%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Mayers – Clowe – Couture3:01

    xG 0.08–0.02 (78%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Thornton – Marleau – Setoguchi11:09

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 2–9goals 2–0

  4. Wellwood – Clowe – Couture8:03

    xG 0.22–0.51 (30%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWallin – White12:29

    xG 0.49–0.19 (72%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Huskins – Demers13:21

    xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Boyle – Murray16:00

    xG 0.36–0.93 (28%)attempts 10–22goals 1–0

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.

SJS 2.6 xGCOL 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 3/100 · #1189 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.55 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 54% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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