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Tue, Mar 1, 2011·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Colorado Avalanche 1, San Jose Sharks 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 78% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL050517020119
SJS09010111051235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 1:18COLErik JohnsonPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P3 17:02SJSJoe ThorntonAssists: Jason Demers, Devin Setoguchi · Slap, 0.18 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Ryane Clowe scored
  2. 2. COL Milan Hejduk stopped
  3. 3. SJS Logan Couture stopped
  4. 4. COL Matt Duchene stopped
  5. 5. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  6. 6. COL David Jones stopped
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 9:23SJSLogan Couture: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 16:24COLJohn-Michael Liles: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:10COLRyan Stoa: Holding2 min
  4. P2 14:55COLPaul Stastny: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 0:41SJSNiclas Wallin: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:37COLJay McClement: Boarding2 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 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSJS
19Shots on goal35
2.0Expected goals3.8
45Shot attempts86
30Faceoffs won29
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
27Hits18
28Blocked shots11
9Giveaways15
11Takeaways9

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 – Porter – Duchene10:37

    xG 0.46–0.22 (68%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

  2. Koci – Dupuis – O'Reilly2:18

    xG 0.14–0.12 (53%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Winnik – McLeod10:04

    xG 0.11–0.13 (46%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  4. Jones – Stastny – Stoa11:17

    xG 0.38–0.61 (38%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Johnson7:26

    xG 0.44–0.22 (66%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Gaunce3:55

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Wilson – Gaunce2:48

    xG 0.16–0.06 (72%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Marleau – Setoguchi3:53

    xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – Setoguchi – Couture8:42

    xG 0.43–0.30 (58%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  3. Wellwood – Pavelski – Mitchell12:53

    xG 0.39–0.32 (55%)attempts 22–9goals 0–0

  4. Marleau – Heatley – Clowe6:51

    xG 0.13–0.10 (58%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurray – Braun14:53

    xG 0.82–0.01 (98%)attempts 23–5goals 0–0

  2. Vlasic – Demers15:37

    xG 0.64–0.62 (51%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  3. Wallin – White15:18

    xG 0.59–0.73 (45%)attempts 24–16goals 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.

SJS 3.8 xGCOL 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 50/100 · #576 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.63 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +41 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 78% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

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

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