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Sat, Jan 26, 2013·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Colorado Avalanche 0, San Jose Sharks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 93% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0805011024
SJS27219017443

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:09SJSPatrick MarleauPPGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Dan Boyle · Backhand, 0.45 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:27SJSPatrick MarleauPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Dan Boyle · Backhand, 0.16 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:32SJSJoe ThorntonPPAssists: Ryane Clowe, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.46 xG0–3
  4. P2 17:05SJSMatt IrwinAssists: Martin Havlat, Ryane Clowe · Slap, 0.02 xG0–4
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 6:08SJSAndrew Desjardins: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 8:46SJSLogan Couture: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 15:40SJSBrad Stuart: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 15:40COLRyan O'Byrne: Instigator2 min · PPG
  5. P1 15:40COLRyan O'Byrne: Instigator face shield2 min · PPG
  6. P1 15:40COLRyan O'Byrne: Fighting5 min
  7. P1 15:40COLRyan O'Byrne: Instigator misconduct10 min
  8. P2 0:42COLPA Parenteau: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P2 14:54COLJohn Mitchell: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 11:35COLGreg Zanon: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 17:41COLCody McLeod: Misconduct10 min
  12. P3 17:41COLCody McLeod: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  13. P3 17:41COLPatrick Bordeleau: Misconduct10 min
  14. P3 17:41COLPatrick Bordeleau: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  15. P3 17:41SJSAdam Burish: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  16. P3 17:41SJSAndrew Desjardins: Misconduct10 min
  17. P3 17:59COLErik Johnson: Interference2 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 SOG0SJS
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSJS
24Shots on goal43
1.7Expected goals5.1
60Shot attempts77
28Faceoffs won32
2Power plays6
51Penalty minutes21
34Hits22
24Blocked shots23
9Giveaways11
10Takeaways3

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. bestHejduk – Kobasew – Mitchell8:10

    xG 0.24–0.04 (86%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. Bordeleau – McLeod – Olver4:40

    xG 0.29–0.09 (76%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Jones – Stastny – McGinn10:54

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 14–12goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Duchene – Landeskog11:39

    xG 0.26–0.81 (25%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZanon – Hunwick10:38

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Wilson3:26

    xG 0.05–0.04 (55%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Wilson10:43

    xG 0.59–0.58 (50%)attempts 13–18goals 0–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestThornton – Marleau – Pavelski9:55

    xG 0.82–0.18 (82%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Havlat – Clowe – Couture10:07

    xG 0.12–0.19 (39%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  3. Gomez – Burish – Desjardins8:27

    xG 0.52–0.65 (45%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  4. Handzus – Galiardi – Wingels10:29

    xG 0.33–0.49 (40%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Vlasic11:47

    xG 0.90–0.14 (86%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Irwin15:56

    xG 0.84–0.74 (53%)attempts 24–20goals 0–0

  3. Murray – Braun13:32

    xG 0.09–0.53 (15%)attempts 11–17goals 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.

SJS 5.1 xGCOL 1.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #690 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SJS 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, San Jose Sharks win this game 93% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

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

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