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Thu, Nov 17, 2011·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Colorado Avalanche 0, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 76% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0601308027
MIN080515118

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 17:29MINDevin SetoguchiGWGAssists: Dany Heatley, Mikko Koivu · Wrist, 0.04 xG0–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:14COLMatt Duchene: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:34MINClayton Stoner: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 3:47MINClayton Stoner: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 10:33MINJustin Falk: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 10:33COLDavid Jones: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 10:33MINJustin Falk: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 0:00COLErik Johnson: Roughing2 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 SOG0MIN
45% to win55% to win
← COL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Brodziak won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLMIN
27Shots on goal18
2.4Expected goals1.1
62Shot attempts38
24Faceoffs won26
3Power plays1
9Penalty minutes11
15Hits13
12Blocked shots20
2Giveaways4
5Takeaways6

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 – Jones – Yip3:15

    xG 0.49–0.01 (97%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Winnik – O'Reilly – Landeskog12:40

    xG 0.26–0.16 (62%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Hejduk – Stastny – Duchene11:58

    xG 0.18–0.13 (57%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  4. Lindstrom – Jones – Galiardi4:05

    xG 0.02–0.04 (29%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Johnson15:30

    xG 1.12–0.28 (80%)attempts 20–13goals 0–1

  2. Quincey – O'Brien13:57

    xG 0.48–0.12 (80%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  3. O'Byrne – Wilson11:52

    xG 0.15–0.21 (42%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCullen – Bouchard – Clutterbuck11:12

    xG 0.38–0.26 (59%)attempts 8–14goals 0–0

  2. Brodziak – Johnson – Powe12:47

    xG 0.17–0.13 (55%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Koivu – Setoguchi12:45

    xG 0.18–0.17 (51%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  4. Peters – Staubitz – Gillies5:53

    xG 0.02–0.52 (3%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStoner – Spurgeon3:50

    xG 0.23–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  2. Stoner – Falk2:52

    xG 0.12–0.03 (79%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Falk – Spurgeon13:17

    xG 0.11–0.19 (35%)attempts 6–9goals 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.

MIN 1.1 xGCOL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 9/100 · #1114 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 76% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

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

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