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Tue, Mar 12, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Edmonton Oilers 4, Colorado Avalanche 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM210112110432
COL012013010035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:20EDMShawn HorcoffGWGAssists: Ales Hemsky, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:18EDMSam GagnerAssists: Magnus Paajarvi, Ryan Whitney · Wrist, 0.50 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:16EDMMagnus PaajarviAssists: Nick Schultz, Sam Gagner · Wrist, 0.30 xG3–0
  4. P3 6:32EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPAssists: Taylor Hall, Ales Hemsky · Wrist, 0.18 xG4–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 16:37EDMShawn Horcoff: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 6:57COLRyan O'Byrne: Holding2 min
  3. P2 14:26COLRyan O'Byrne: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 18:44EDMRyan Whitney: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 4:55COLPA Parenteau: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P3 18:43COLRyan Wilson: Roughing2 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 Gagner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCOL
32Shots on goal35
3.0Expected goals2.7
45Shot attempts58
24Faceoffs won34
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
11Hits21
11Blocked shots3
1Giveaways5
8Takeaways9

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. bestGagner – Paajarvi – Yakupov10:53

    xG 1.10–0.24 (82%)attempts 10–10goals 2–0

  2. Jones – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins11:26

    xG 0.27–0.43 (38%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

  3. Horcoff – Hemsky – Hall7:54

    xG 0.51–0.69 (43%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  4. Smyth – Brown – Petrell9:54

    xG 0.12–0.70 (14%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry17:43

    xG 1.05–0.97 (52%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0

  2. Whitney – Schultz14:17

    xG 0.30–0.32 (48%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Potter13:26

    xG 0.68–1.00 (41%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Palushaj – O'Reilly10:06

    xG 0.64–0.05 (92%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Stastny – Landeskog10:22

    xG 1.01–0.96 (51%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  3. Kobasew – Bordeleau – McLeod6:16

    xG 0.07–0.03 (73%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene11:19

    xG 0.26–1.30 (17%)attempts 8–16goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – O'Brien15:58

    xG 0.85–0.32 (72%)attempts 18–12goals 0–0

  2. O'Byrne – Hunwick14:18

    xG 0.99–0.95 (51%)attempts 16–11goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Wilson13:18

    xG 0.26–0.77 (25%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

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 2.7 xGEDM 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 8/100 · #677 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.71 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 54% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

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

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