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Sat, Feb 16, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 4, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL31217010429
EDM123215318656

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:22COLCody McLeodAssists: Milan Hejduk, John Mitchell · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:47COLMatt DucheneAssists: Jamie McGinn, Tyson Barrie · Backhand, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:11COLJamie McGinnAssists: Matt Duchene, Tyson Barrie · Snap, 0.05 xG3–0
  4. P1 19:56EDMAles HemskyPPAssists: Sam Gagner, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P2 6:24COLJohn MitchellPPAssists: Jamie McGinn, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.15 xG4–1
  6. P2 15:59EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Taylor Hall, Mark Fistric · Snap, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P2 16:58EDMAles HemskyAssists: Ryan Smyth · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–3
  8. P3 8:58EDMJordan EberlePPAssists: Sam Gagner, Nail Yakupov · Wrist, 0.15 xG4–4
  9. P3 18:26EDMMagnus PaajarviGWGAssists: Ryan Smyth, Eric Belanger · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–5
  10. P3 18:51EDMJordan EberleENAssists: Taylor Hall, Nick Schultz · Wrist, 0.76 xG4–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 19:52COLCody McLeod: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:52EDMLadislav Smid: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:31EDMRyan Smyth: Holding2 min
  4. P2 17:57COLAaron Palushaj: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 4:19COLJohn Mitchell: Holding2 min
  6. P3 8:14COLMatt Hunwick: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:51EDMRyan Smyth: Elbowing2 min
  8. P3 19:25EDMMagnus Paajarvi: 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackEDM 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.

COLEDM
29Shots on goal56
3.1Expected goals4.5
53Shot attempts85
30Faceoffs won33
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
33Hits34
18Blocked shots9
14Giveaways17
10Takeaways15

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. bestJones – Stastny – Palushaj9:47

    xG 0.58–0.28 (67%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

  2. Hejduk – Mitchell – McLeod7:17

    xG 0.35–0.39 (47%)attempts 8–8goals 1–0

  3. Kobasew – Bordeleau – Olver4:01

    xG 0.00–0.16 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene13:23

    xG 0.72–1.24 (37%)attempts 11–23goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestZanon – Hunwick12:21

    xG 0.88–0.41 (68%)attempts 14–14goals 1–0

  2. Hunwick – Barrie3:06

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 3–2goals 2–0

  3. O'Byrne – Hejda5:24

    xG 0.25–0.33 (43%)attempts 4–8goals 0–2

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins14:20

    xG 1.09–0.52 (67%)attempts 25–9goals 1–1

  2. Eager – VandeVelde – Paajarvi4:46

    xG 0.21–0.06 (77%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Hemsky – Gagner – Yakupov4:07

    xG 0.11–0.08 (58%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Gagner – Hartikainen8:10

    xG 0.20–0.19 (51%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry10:13

    xG 0.79–0.17 (82%)attempts 15–5goals 1–0

  2. Smid – Fistric5:53

    xG 0.25–0.10 (72%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Fistric8:07

    xG 0.41–0.56 (42%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

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.

EDM 4.5 xGCOL 3.1 xG
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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 97/100 · #27 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.13 · 10 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 71% 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).