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Wed, Feb 23, 2011·Pepsi Center, Denver

Edmonton Oilers 5, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 61% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM13213215531
COL013116010139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:17EDMDustin PennerPPAssists: Shawn Horcoff, Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:08EDMSam GagnerGWGAssists: Magnus Paajarvi, Ryan Jones · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:49EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Tom Gilbert · Wrist, 0.53 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:36COLMilan HejdukPPAssists: Matt Duchene, John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P3 11:08EDMJordan EberleAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Theo Peckham · Wrist, 0.04 xG4–1
  6. P3 12:55EDMKurtis FosterAssists: Tom Gilbert, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.02 xG5–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:48COLKevin Porter: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 7:46EDMTheo Peckham: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:24EDMShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 14:09COLPhilippe Dupuis: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:32EDMJim Vandermeer: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 1:55EDMJordan Eberle: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 14:44COLCody McLeod: High sticking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCOL
31Shots on goal39
3.4Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits15
15Blocked shots11
4Giveaways8
7Takeaways14

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestCogliano – Eberle – Hall14:49

    xG 0.74–0.67 (52%)attempts 13–19goals 2–0

  2. Fraser – MacIntyre – Reddox3:28

    xG 0.12–0.19 (39%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Gagner – Paajarvi8:41

    xG 0.34–0.47 (42%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  4. Horcoff – Hemsky – Penner14:08

    xG 0.54–0.76 (41%)attempts 14–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Smid14:20

    xG 1.12–0.62 (64%)attempts 16–12goals 1–0

  2. Strudwick – Peckham3:36

    xG 0.05–0.07 (44%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Strudwick – Vandermeer2:58

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHejduk – Porter – Duchene11:37

    xG 0.60–0.19 (76%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Stastny – Stoa12:17

    xG 0.89–0.79 (53%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  3. McClement – Yip – McLeod8:48

    xG 0.28–0.58 (33%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – Wilson4:34

    xG 0.59–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–0goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Wilson3:49

    xG 0.54–0.24 (69%)attempts 4–7goals 0–1

  3. Liles – Johnson5:38

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 8–5goals 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 2.9 xGEDM 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 24/100 · #894 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 61% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

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

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