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Sun, Apr 10, 2011·Pepsi Center, Denver

Edmonton Oilers 3, Colorado Avalanche 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 74% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM162100903328
COL212041415425

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:26EDMTeemu HartikainenPPAssists: Linus Omark, Kurtis Foster · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:24COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: David Jones, Daniel Winnik · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 5:14COLPhilippe DupuisUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:08EDMKurtis FosterPPAssists: Magnus Paajarvi, Linus Omark · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:28EDMLiam ReddoxAssists: Ryan O'Marra · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–2
  6. P3 0:30COLMilan HejdukPPAssists: Matt Duchene, David Jones · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:57COLDavid JonesPPGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Milan Hejduk · Backhand, 0.44 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 0:25COLMark Olver: Interference2 min · PPG
  2. P1 7:02EDMChris VandeVelde: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:56COLMatt Duchene: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 13:15EDMRyan O'Marra: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 19:09EDMTheo Peckham: Fighting5 min · PPG
  6. P2 19:09COLRyan Wilson: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 19:09EDMTheo Peckham: Elbowing2 min
  8. P3 8:13EDMKurtis Foster: Hooking2 min
  9. OT 3:11EDMLiam Reddox: Tripping2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCOL
28Shots on goal25
2.1Expected goals3.5
43Shot attempts55
15Faceoffs won35
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
13Hits20
14Blocked shots5
3Giveaways6
8Takeaways13

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 – Omark – Paajarvi12:03

    xG 0.76–0.62 (55%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Reddox – O'Marra10:26

    xG 0.16–0.33 (32%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. VandeVelde – Eberle – Hartikainen11:27

    xG 0.13–0.35 (27%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestVandermeer – Petry14:37

    xG 0.75–0.21 (78%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  2. Strudwick – Peckham3:01

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Strudwick – Foster3:45

    xG 0.03–0.19 (14%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDupuis – McLeod – Stoa3:52

    xG 0.49–0.03 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Winnik – O'Reilly7:22

    xG 0.40–0.05 (90%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  3. Hejduk – Olver – Duchene8:40

    xG 0.29–0.08 (79%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Porter – Yip7:22

    xG 0.11–0.74 (13%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Byrne – Wilson10:52

    xG 0.63–0.10 (87%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Foote – Belle11:13

    xG 0.61–0.52 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Belle – O'Byrne2:28

    xG 0.10–0.01 (89%)attempts 5–1goals 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 3.5 xGEDM 2.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 79/100 · #236 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 74% 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).