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Sat, Feb 2, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Edmonton Oilers 1, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 65% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM1701108126
COL013213114340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:58EDMNail YakupovAssists: Ales Hemsky, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:07COLPA ParenteauAssists: Jamie McGinn, Ryan Wilson · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:36COLJamie McGinnGWGAssists: Matt Duchene · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:50COLPaul StastnyENAssists: John Mitchell, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.73 xG1–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 6:32EDMMark Fistric: Interference2 min
  2. P1 9:42COLPatrick Bordeleau: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P1 15:23EDMTeemu Hartikainen: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:34EDMEric Belanger: Holding2 min
  5. P2 10:04EDMAnton Lander: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 13:26COLDavid Van Der Gulik: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:27EDMLadislav Smid: Holding2 min
  8. P3 13:09EDMJustin Schultz: Holding2 min
  9. P3 16:40COLPaul Stastny: Delaying game face off violation2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← EDM attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCOL
26Shots on goal40
2.7Expected goals3.6
53Shot attempts64
23Faceoffs won31
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
16Hits25
17Blocked shots15
5Giveaways6
9Takeaways12

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. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins14:38

    xG 1.16–0.55 (68%)attempts 15–16goals 0–0

  2. Hemsky – Gagner – Yakupov8:19

    xG 0.53–0.36 (60%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

  3. Smyth – Belanger – Petrell5:06

    xG 0.12–0.09 (59%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Hordichuk – Hartikainen – Lander3:23

    xG 0.02–0.03 (46%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Schultz10:25

    xG 0.84–0.27 (75%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Smid – Petry12:30

    xG 0.66–0.40 (63%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  3. Whitney – Fistric9:18

    xG 0.44–0.19 (70%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Hejduk – Mitchell – Stastny6:21

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Van Der Gulik – Bordeleau – Sgarbossa2:33

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene11:51

    xG 0.42–0.55 (43%)attempts 16–10goals 0–0

  4. Kobasew – Mitchell – McLeod2:58

    xG 0.08–0.22 (26%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Johnson11:18

    xG 0.56–0.32 (64%)attempts 18–3goals 1–0

  2. O'Byrne – Hejda3:05

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Zanon – Johnson2:05

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 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 3.6 xGEDM 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 38/100 · #472 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 65% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).