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Sun, Feb 27, 2011·Honda Center, Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 2, Anaheim Ducks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 87% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1110914224
ANA05217110332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:07COLKevin PorterAssists: Matt Duchene, Jonas Holos · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:43ANARyan GetzlafAssists: Corey Perry, Bobby Ryan · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:51ANATodd MarchantAssists: Luca Sbisa, Jarkko Ruutu · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:43COLDavid JonesAssists: Matt Hunwick, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:23ANABrandon McMillanPPGWGAssists: Bobby Ryan, Francois Beauchemin · Wrist, 0.44 xG2–3
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:30ANAGeorge Parros: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:30COLDavid Koci: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:47COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 2:47ANASheldon Brookbank: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 6:45ANAJarkko Ruutu: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 6:45COLCameron Gaunce: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 8:51COLCameron Gaunce: Fighting5 min
  8. P1 8:51ANALuca Sbisa: Fighting5 min
  9. P1 12:28ANATeemu Selanne: Holding2 min
  10. P2 8:38COLPaul Stastny: Holding2 min
  11. P2 10:34COLCody McLeod: Tripping2 min
  12. P2 13:16COLCameron Gaunce: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 8:19COLBrandon Yip: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG

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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against McMillan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLANA
24Shots on goal32
1.8Expected goals4.3
47Shot attempts51
34Faceoffs won21
1Power plays5
27Penalty minutes19
17Hits23
4Blocked shots14
7Giveaways10
7Takeaways3

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. bestMcClement – Yip – Winnik4:51

    xG 0.43–0.01 (97%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Stastny – Stoa10:16

    xG 0.25–0.21 (55%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Hejduk – Porter – Duchene13:16

    xG 0.51–0.74 (40%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Johnson3:23

    xG 0.35–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Hunwick – Wilson3:26

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Hunwick – Gaunce2:01

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Ryan10:03

    xG 1.32–0.19 (87%)attempts 13–3goals 1–1

  2. Marchant – Ruutu – Sexton5:01

    xG 0.12–0.12 (50%)attempts 2–4goals 1–0

  3. Selanne – Blake – McMillan3:51

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Marchant – Ruutu – Blake4:30

    xG 0.13–0.22 (38%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLydman – Visnovsky15:44

    xG 1.02–0.33 (76%)attempts 10–14goals 1–1

  2. Beauchemin – Sbisa7:06

    xG 0.51–0.39 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 1–0

  3. Lilja – Fowler14:05

    xG 0.36–0.37 (49%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

ANA 4.3 xGCOL 1.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 59/100 · #480 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.78 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 29% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 87% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

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

-7
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-5
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-3
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).