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Thu, Mar 28, 2013·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Colorado Avalanche 1, Vancouver Canucks 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 63% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL011010112133
VAN180735420

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:27VANAlexandre BurrowsAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Deflected, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:02COLMatt DucheneAssists: PA Parenteau, Jan Hejda · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:32VANDaniel SedinGWGAssists: Alexandre Burrows, Dan Hamhuis · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 18:36VANHenrik SedinENAssists: Cory Schneider · Wrist, 0.61 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:20VANChris HigginsENUnassisted · Snap, 0.43 xG1–4
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 8:53VANAlexandre Burrows: Holding2 min
  2. P3 8:09VANSteven Pinizzotto: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Schroeder
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLVAN
33Shots on goal20
3.4Expected goals2.7
55Shot attempts45
23Faceoffs won17
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
25Hits14
14Blocked shots15
3Giveaways6
10Takeaways18

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. bestBordeleau – Palushaj – Olver5:19

    xG 0.31–0.05 (86%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene14:17

    xG 0.74–0.59 (55%)attempts 17–15goals 1–1

  3. Hejduk – O'Reilly – Landeskog14:44

    xG 0.41–0.40 (51%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  4. Kobasew – Mitchell – McLeod9:22

    xG 0.04–0.26 (14%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Johnson19:20

    xG 0.87–0.34 (72%)attempts 18–5goals 1–0

  2. Zanon – Barrie11:07

    xG 0.27–0.27 (50%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. O'Byrne – Hejda15:08

    xG 0.15–0.78 (16%)attempts 10–24goals 0–1

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSedin – Sedin – Burrows12:44

    xG 0.77–0.50 (61%)attempts 16–8goals 2–1

  2. Lapierre – Hansen – Raymond3:44

    xG 0.23–0.03 (90%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Higgins – Ebbett – Pinizzotto11:57

    xG 0.15–0.09 (62%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  4. Lapierre – Gordon – Sestito6:02

    xG 0.19–0.42 (31%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Garrison17:15

    xG 0.79–0.48 (62%)attempts 18–13goals 2–0

  2. Bieksa – Alberts4:33

    xG 0.17–0.08 (67%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Tanev4:27

    xG 0.07–0.09 (46%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

VAN 2.7 xGCOL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 37/100 · #485 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +36 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 63% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

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

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