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Tue, Dec 27, 2011·Pepsi Center, Denver

Winnipeg Jets 4, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 67% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG1621218426
COL01101418133

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:37WPGEvander KaneAssists: Blake Wheeler, Alexander Burmistrov · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:21WPGTim StapletonPPGWGAssists: Andrew Ladd, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:52WPGEvander KaneAssists: Chris Thorburn, Tim Stapleton · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–0
  4. P3 3:41WPGJim SlaterAssists: Tanner Glass · Wrist, 0.23 xG4–0
  5. P3 14:48COLKevin PorterAssists: David Van Der Gulik, Cody McLeod · Tip-in, 0.10 xG4–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 0:40COLRyan O'Byrne: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:38WPGMark Stuart: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 2:38COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  4. P3 0:29WPGBlake Wheeler: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 15:58COLShane O'Brien: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 15:58WPGTanner Glass: Fighting5 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
45% to win55% to win
← WPG attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hejda won the faceoff against Wheeler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGCOL
26Shots on goal33
1.8Expected goals2.7
40Shot attempts60
24Faceoffs won20
1Power plays1
12Penalty minutes12
17Hits23
18Blocked shots8
0Giveaways7
10Takeaways13

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Kane – Burmistrov11:15

    xG 0.30–0.23 (57%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  2. Wheeler – Stapleton – Kane2:33

    xG 0.05–0.02 (76%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Miettinen – Slater – Glass8:26

    xG 0.43–0.54 (44%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

  4. Thorburn – Fehr – Stapleton8:10

    xG 0.05–0.22 (19%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Bogosian17:31

    xG 0.49–0.35 (59%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0

  2. Stuart – Flood12:32

    xG 0.57–0.81 (41%)attempts 11–12goals 1–1

  3. Hainsey – Enstrom17:57

    xG 0.28–1.33 (17%)attempts 9–22goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestWinnik – Stastny – Duchene14:10

    xG 1.32–0.53 (71%)attempts 24–9goals 0–0

  2. Van Der Gulik – Porter – McLeod6:15

    xG 0.12–0.08 (61%)attempts 4–2goals 1–0

  3. McClement – Galiardi – Malone12:03

    xG 0.17–0.17 (50%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Hejduk – O'Reilly – Landeskog14:28

    xG 0.47–0.49 (49%)attempts 12–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Elliott14:05

    xG 1.04–0.30 (77%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Johnson6:56

    xG 0.38–0.16 (71%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. O'Brien – Johnson9:19

    xG 0.54–0.39 (58%)attempts 13–6goals 0–2

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 2.7 xGWPG 1.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1039 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 67% of the time.

COL winsWPG wins

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

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