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Sat, Mar 19, 2011·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 51% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL11011105011327
EDM0617116040233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:47COLMatt DucheneAssists: Daniel Winnik · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:05EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Kurtis Foster · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:00COLKevin PorterAssists: Ryan Wilson, Matt Duchene · Backhand, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:10EDMKurtis FosterAssists: Linus Omark, Magnus Paajarvi · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Jordan Eberle stopped
  2. 2. COL Matt Duchene stopped
  3. 3. EDM Linus Omark stopped
  4. 4. COL Kevin Porter stopped
  5. 5. EDM Alexandre Giroux stopped
  6. 6. COL David Jones stopped
  7. 7. EDM Magnus Paajarvi stopped
  8. 8. COL Ryan Stoa scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:11EDMRyan Jones: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:11COLErik Johnson: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:16EDMJim Vandermeer: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 11:40COLBrandon Yip: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 12:37EDMJordan Eberle: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 17:02COLRyan Wilson: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 12:35COLCody McLeod: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  8. OT 3:37COLJonas Holos: Hooking2 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 SOG0EDM
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cogliano won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
27Shots on goal33
2.7Expected goals2.8
46Shot attempts67
29Faceoffs won27
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
24Hits21
22Blocked shots10
15Giveaways11
12Takeaways8

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. bestPorter – Yip – O'Reilly6:12

    xG 0.37–0.16 (69%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Stastny – Stoa12:50

    xG 0.59–0.46 (56%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Koci – McClement – McLeod2:17

    xG 0.04–0.09 (31%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Porter – O'Reilly2:53

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Wilson13:35

    xG 0.84–0.44 (65%)attempts 12–15goals 2–0

  2. Liles – O'Byrne14:50

    xG 0.63–0.55 (54%)attempts 11–14goals 0–0

  3. Hunwick – Holos12:35

    xG 0.39–0.37 (51%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestReddox – Omark – Paajarvi13:44

    xG 0.58–0.18 (77%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Jones – Cogliano – Eberle11:58

    xG 0.38–0.48 (45%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  3. Giroux – VandeVelde – Hartikainen9:04

    xG 0.20–0.64 (24%)attempts 16–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Gilbert – Smid13:05

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Vandermeer – Smid2:43

    xG 0.03–0.12 (20%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Foster – Peckham13:08

    xG 0.57–0.67 (46%)attempts 14–8goals 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.

EDM 2.8 xGCOL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #302 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.97 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 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 51% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

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