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Wed, Jan 18, 2012·Pepsi Center, Denver

Florida Panthers 3, Colorado Avalanche 4 (OT)

Expected result

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

COL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
FLA191101703329
COL0911621712444

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:51FLAMarcel GocPPAssists: Michal Repik, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:50COLPeter MuellerAssists: Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:48FLAStephen WeissAssists: Brian Campbell, Dmitry Kulikov · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:20FLATomas KopeckyAssists: Mikael Samuelsson, Marcel Goc · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:36COLPeter MuellerPPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Milan Hejduk · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 16:43COLPaul StastnyAssists: Peter Mueller, Stefan Elliott · Wrist, 0.26 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:55COLRyan O'ReillyGWGAssists: Ryan Wilson, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:10COLShane O'Brien: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 0:00FLAShawn Matthias: High sticking2 min
  3. P3 0:42FLAKris Versteeg: Interference2 min
  4. P3 2:53FLATomas Fleischmann: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:33COLJay McClement: High sticking double minor4 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACOL
29Shots on goal44
2.6Expected goals2.8
57Shot attempts75
21Faceoffs won30
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
10Hits14
21Blocked shots18
2Giveaways7
13Takeaways8

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestMadden – Matthias – Repik7:49

    xG 0.72–0.20 (78%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Bradley – Barch – Santorelli9:40

    xG 0.07–0.21 (24%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

  3. Weiss – Fleischmann – Versteeg10:35

    xG 0.46–0.75 (38%)attempts 12–15goals 1–1

  4. Samuelsson – Kopecky – Goc10:47

    xG 0.24–1.07 (18%)attempts 7–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Kulikov2:07

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–1goals 1–0

  2. Weaver – Garrison2:29

    xG 0.12–0.03 (81%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Gudbranson12:26

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Mueller – Galiardi14:22

    xG 1.23–0.34 (78%)attempts 20–11goals 2–1

  2. Hejduk – O'Reilly – Landeskog12:44

    xG 0.87–0.30 (74%)attempts 24–8goals 0–0

  3. Kobasew – Van Der Gulik – McLeod2:56

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Jones – Winnik7:52

    xG 0.12–0.29 (29%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Brien – Elliott6:05

    xG 0.60–0.16 (79%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. O'Brien – Johnson3:52

    xG 0.50–0.09 (84%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Elliott6:19

    xG 0.24–0.08 (75%)attempts 9–4goals 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 2.8 xGFLA 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 91/100 · #94 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.30 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 winsFLA wins

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

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