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Tue, Feb 26, 2013·HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose

Colorado Avalanche 2, San Jose Sharks 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 75% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL11106110001227
SJS11611408032341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:25SJSLogan CoutureAssists: Joe Thornton, Martin Havlat · Slap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:13COLChuck KobasewAssists: Jan Hejda, Patrick Bordeleau · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:55SJSTJ GaliardiAssists: James Sheppard, Adam Burish · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P3 16:44COLMark OlverAssists: Cody McLeod, Jan Hejda · Backhand, 0.52 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Michal Handzus scored
  2. 2. COL Milan Hejduk stopped
  3. 3. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  4. 4. COL Gabriel Landeskog stopped
  5. 5. SJS Dan Boyle stopped
  6. 6. COL PA Parenteau scored
  7. 7. SJS Patrick Marleau scored
  8. 8. COL John Mitchell stopped
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:14COLMark Olver: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 14:06COLPA Parenteau: Charging2 min
  3. P1 15:54SJSJoe Thornton: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 14:34COLRyan O'Byrne: Holding2 min
  5. P3 6:44COLPA Parenteau: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 13:21SJSMartin Havlat: Holding2 min
  7. P3 18:58COLJamie McGinn: High sticking2 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 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSJS
27Shots on goal41
2.3Expected goals3.9
47Shot attempts80
35Faceoffs won33
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
36Hits18
22Blocked shots12
8Giveaways18
5Takeaways11

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. bestKobasew – Bordeleau – Palushaj3:00

    xG 0.19–0.02 (92%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Jones – Landeskog8:04

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Stastny – McGinn11:26

    xG 0.36–0.41 (47%)attempts 14–10goals 0–1

  4. Hejduk – McLeod – Olver3:49

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Byrne – Hunwick11:08

    xG 0.39–0.31 (56%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

  2. O'Brien – Barrie3:30

    xG 0.06–0.04 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Barrie12:25

    xG 0.47–0.51 (48%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurish – Sheppard – Galiardi5:42

    xG 0.50–0.25 (67%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Marleau – Gomez – Pavelski8:55

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Handzus – Kennedy – Desjardins6:51

    xG 0.06–0.00 (97%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Thornton – Havlat – Couture9:36

    xG 0.33–0.30 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stuart – Demers14:00

    xG 0.36–0.48 (43%)attempts 15–10goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Vlasic15:54

    xG 0.88–1.07 (45%)attempts 18–14goals 2–1

  3. Murray – Braun10:57

    xG 0.22–0.46 (32%)attempts 7–14goals 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 3.9 xGCOL 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 75/100 · #190 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +43 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 75% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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