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Wed, Feb 6, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Anaheim Ducks 3, Colorado Avalanche 0

Expected result

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

COL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA281705320
COL010010011031

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:20ANASheldon SourayGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Slap, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:39ANASaku KoivuPPAssists: Teemu Selanne, Sheldon Souray · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–0
  3. P2 10:45ANAFrancois BeaucheminAssists: Daniel Winnik, Saku Koivu · Slap, 0.09 xG3–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:00ANABrad Staubitz: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:00COLPatrick Bordeleau: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 10:23ANARyan Getzlaf: Interference2 min
  4. P1 14:07COLMichael Sgarbossa: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 14:47COLRyan O'Byrne: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 8:16COLPA Parenteau: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 8:16ANASheldon Souray: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 18:05COLShane O'Brien: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 18:05COLShane O'Brien: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 18:05COLShane O'Brien: Misconduct10 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACOL
20Shots on goal31
2.3Expected goals2.6
48Shot attempts66
27Faceoffs won36
3Power plays1
9Penalty minutes25
7Hits31
22Blocked shots16
3Giveaways13
8Takeaways14

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Winnik – Cogliano13:01

    xG 0.69–0.26 (73%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

  2. Staubitz – Beleskey – Bonino7:29

    xG 0.03–0.15 (18%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Selanne – Ryan – Palmieri10:33

    xG 0.39–0.67 (37%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Etem11:06

    xG 0.27–1.00 (22%)attempts 9–19goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHendry – Sbisa15:37

    xG 0.86–0.61 (59%)attempts 15–19goals 0–0

  2. Souray – Beauchemin16:45

    xG 0.44–0.71 (38%)attempts 13–21goals 2–0

  3. Allen – Vatanen14:04

    xG 0.21–0.54 (28%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestKobasew – Bordeleau – Olver4:32

    xG 0.53–0.09 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Hejduk – Mitchell – Stastny3:44

    xG 0.38–0.03 (93%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene13:27

    xG 0.31–0.05 (87%)attempts 16–2goals 0–0

  4. Jones – McLeod – Sgarbossa2:08

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Byrne – Hunwick8:50

    xG 0.50–0.07 (88%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Zanon – Johnson12:13

    xG 0.65–0.37 (64%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  3. Zanon – O'Byrne6:04

    xG 0.29–0.19 (60%)attempts 11–6goals 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 2.6 xGANA 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 10/100 · #671 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 winsANA wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).