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Tue, Mar 5, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Colorado Avalanche 1, Detroit Red Wings 2

Expected result

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

DET winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL011010116137
DET012211010233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:00DETJohan FranzenAssists: Damien Brunner · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:32DETNiklas KronwallGWGAssists: Jonathan Ericsson, Pavel Datsyuk · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:30COLPaul StastnyAssists: PA Parenteau, Matt Hunwick · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 12:45DETHenrik Zetterberg: Holding2 min
  2. P3 2:56COLPA Parenteau: Interference2 min
  3. P3 3:53COLChuck Kobasew: Boarding2 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 SOG0DET
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackDET attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Datsyuk
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDET
37Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals2.2
54Shot attempts47
25Faceoffs won21
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
27Hits19
10Blocked shots11
2Giveaways11
0Takeaways6

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. Kobasew – McLeod – Olver3:47

    xG 0.11–0.08 (58%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Palushaj – O'Reilly10:22

    xG 0.26–0.35 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Jones – Stastny – Landeskog12:59

    xG 0.70–0.87 (44%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene13:32

    xG 0.19–0.43 (31%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Barrie15:24

    xG 0.99–0.62 (62%)attempts 19–15goals 0–0

  2. O'Brien – Elliott16:26

    xG 0.79–0.58 (58%)attempts 18–11goals 0–2

  3. Hunwick – Barrie2:28

    xG 0.06–0.06 (50%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestEaves – Andersson – Tatar5:00

    xG 0.27–0.10 (73%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Zetterberg – Franzen – Brunner13:47

    xG 1.00–0.86 (54%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  3. Cleary – Datsyuk – Abdelkader12:29

    xG 0.42–0.35 (54%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  4. Cleary – Datsyuk – Tatar2:02

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – Smith15:36

    xG 0.98–0.48 (67%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Kronwall – Ericsson16:24

    xG 0.59–0.49 (55%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  3. Kindl – Lashoff14:44

    xG 0.25–0.71 (26%)attempts 6–17goals 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.

DET 2.2 xGCOL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DETCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 12/100 · #629 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.61 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DET 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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.

DET winsCOL wins

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

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