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Fri, Feb 17, 2012·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 3, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL172808323
EDM0911008127

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:13COLErik JohnsonAssists: Mark Olver, Ryan O'Reilly · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:55COLMark OlverGWGAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:37COLGabriel LandeskogPPAssists: Paul Stastny, Ryan O'Reilly · Snap, 0.32 xG3–0
  4. P2 14:41EDMRyan JonesAssists: Ben Eager, Jeff Petry · Backhand, 0.16 xG3–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:50EDMShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:27EDMJeff Petry: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:56COLShane O'Brien: Holding2 min
  4. P2 6:19COLKyle Quincey: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 9:19EDMBen Eager: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 10:34COLRyan O'Byrne: Holding2 min
  7. P2 10:34COLRyan O'Byrne: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 15:30EDMSam Gagner: Tripping2 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 SOG0EDM
45% to win55% to win
← COL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gagner won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
23Shots on goal27
2.8Expected goals2.5
43Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won27
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
13Hits15
15Blocked shots12
10Giveaways18
8Takeaways5

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 – Porter – Winnik7:18

    xG 0.63–0.30 (68%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Olver – O'Reilly – Landeskog13:27

    xG 0.75–0.43 (64%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0

  3. Kobasew – Van Der Gulik – McLeod2:43

    xG 0.05–0.03 (62%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Hejduk – Jones – Stastny10:36

    xG 0.66–0.72 (48%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Byrne – Hejda14:39

    xG 1.18–0.58 (67%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  2. Quincey – Johnson11:49

    xG 0.45–0.54 (45%)attempts 7–6goals 2–0

  3. O'Brien – Wilson11:42

    xG 0.39–0.56 (41%)attempts 10–13goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Eberle – Hall14:41

    xG 0.91–0.70 (57%)attempts 14–12goals 0–1

  2. Smyth – Belanger – Eager2:05

    xG 0.03–0.01 (69%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Eager – Petrell – Lander2:27

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Smyth – Belanger – Jones6:13

    xG 0.17–0.41 (29%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry13:56

    xG 0.89–0.63 (59%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Sutton – Barker10:33

    xG 0.57–0.57 (50%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Gilbert – Whitney14:06

    xG 0.38–0.77 (33%)attempts 11–15goals 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.

EDM 2.5 xGCOL 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 18/100 · #981 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 56% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

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