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Wed, Mar 16, 2011·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Colorado Avalanche 2, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL2805016229
VAN09115316440

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:20COLErik JohnsonPPAssists: John-Michael Liles, David Jones · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:47COLMatt DucheneAssists: Mark Olver, Ryan O'Byrne · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 6:37VANMaxim LapierreAssists: Chris Higgins, Keith Ballard · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 9:32VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Daniel Sedin, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:50VANHenrik SedinGWGAssists: Daniel Sedin, Alexandre Burrows · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:46VANHenrik SedinENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.45 xG2–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 10:10VANSami Salo: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P3 13:37COLRyan Wilson: Tripping2 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 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Malhotra
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLVAN
29Shots on goal40
1.9Expected goals3.2
45Shot attempts80
34Faceoffs won39
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
24Hits16
23Blocked shots10
5Giveaways4
7Takeaways6

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. Winnik – Olver – Duchene12:35

    xG 0.61–0.65 (48%)attempts 13–17goals 1–1

  2. Jones – Stastny – O'Reilly14:27

    xG 0.33–0.37 (47%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Porter – McLeod10:17

    xG 0.05–0.78 (6%)attempts 3–21goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Byrne – Wilson2:43

    xG 0.34–0.08 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Johnson2:41

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 1–0

  3. Liles – O'Byrne11:58

    xG 0.51–0.59 (46%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows16:17

    xG 0.91–0.34 (73%)attempts 21–8goals 2–0

  2. Samuelsson – Kesler – Raymond12:01

    xG 0.50–0.23 (68%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Tambellini – Lapierre9:16

    xG 0.30–0.10 (76%)attempts 12–5goals 1–0

  4. Samuelsson – Higgins – Kesler2:46

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Ehrhoff21:06

    xG 1.46–0.66 (69%)attempts 34–14goals 2–0

  2. Ballard – Tanev13:21

    xG 0.70–0.36 (66%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  3. Salo – Rome17:53

    xG 0.41–0.61 (41%)attempts 20–11goals 0–1

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.

VAN 3.2 xGCOL 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 66/100 · #395 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.53 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 12% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 73% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

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

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