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Sat, Nov 26, 2011·Pepsi Center, Denver

Edmonton Oilers 2, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 55% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM11419010233
COL11107411529

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:59EDMLadislav SmidAssists: Sam Gagner, Ryan Jones · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 4:35COLJay McClementAssists: Chuck Kobasew, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:24EDMRyan JonesAssists: Eric Belanger, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.27 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:06COLShane O'BrienPPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Milan Hejduk · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:03COLStefan ElliottGWGAssists: Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 16:19COLJan HejdaAssists: Chuck Kobasew, David Jones · Slap, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:07COLPaul StastnyENAssists: Milan Hejduk · Wrist, 0.64 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 17:40COLKyle Quincey: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 3:55COLPaul Stastny: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 18:37EDMRyan Jones: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 1:11COLMatt Duchene: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 3:12EDMRyan Whitney: Holding2 min
  6. P3 4:46EDMJeff Petry: Slashing2 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
45% to win55% to win
← EDM attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Belanger
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCOL
33Shots on goal29
2.3Expected goals2.5
59Shot attempts46
29Faceoffs won29
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
12Hits22
12Blocked shots11
2Giveaways4
9Takeaways15

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. bestBelanger – Jones – Gagner8:37

    xG 0.67–0.24 (74%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  2. Horcoff – Hemsky – Hall4:12

    xG 0.32–0.06 (85%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Hordichuk – Lander – Paajarvi3:08

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Hemsky – Lander3:38

    xG 0.11–0.09 (54%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGilbert – Smid14:56

    xG 0.70–0.13 (84%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  2. Whitney – Petry12:42

    xG 0.41–0.17 (70%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Peckham – Teubert10:40

    xG 0.49–0.69 (42%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestWinnik – O'Reilly – Landeskog14:21

    xG 0.44–0.37 (54%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Kobasew – McClement – Jones2:35

    xG 0.05–0.05 (54%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  3. Jones – McLeod – Galiardi3:33

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Kobasew – McClement – Porter6:09

    xG 0.11–0.35 (24%)attempts 6–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Wilson – Elliott14:48

    xG 0.26–0.41 (39%)attempts 12–16goals 1–0

  2. O'Byrne – Hejda12:39

    xG 0.42–0.72 (37%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

  3. Quincey – O'Brien15:37

    xG 0.15–0.64 (19%)attempts 9–15goals 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.

COL 2.5 xGEDM 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 58/100 · #485 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 55% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

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

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