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Sat, Mar 30, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Nashville Predators 0, Colorado Avalanche 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 81% of the time.

COL winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NSH0120150700034
COL060601012124

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 0:50COLTyson BarrieGWGAssists: Greg Zanon, PA Parenteau · Wrist, 0.19 xG0–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 1:23NSHRich Clune: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 1:23COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 12:27COLMatt Hunwick: Interference2 min
  4. P1 13:54COLErik Johnson: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 18:53COLErik Johnson: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 19:07NSHPatric Hornqvist: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 3:55COLMatt Duchene: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 17:37COLRyan O'Byrne: High sticking double minor4 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← NSH attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Gaustad won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NSHCOL
34Shots on goal24
3.8Expected goals1.8
68Shot attempts56
26Faceoffs won31
6Power plays1
7Penalty minutes17
7Hits15
17Blocked shots18
8Giveaways4
6Takeaways9

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestYip – Halischuk – Spaling6:35

    xG 0.20–0.03 (88%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Erat – Gaustad – Kostitsyn10:00

    xG 0.31–0.20 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  3. Clune – Hornqvist – Smith4:10

    xG 0.06–0.14 (30%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Legwand – Beck – Bourque9:54

    xG 0.41–0.68 (38%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGill – Blum9:38

    xG 0.33–0.10 (76%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Klein – Bartley14:48

    xG 0.62–0.41 (60%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  3. Weber – Josi14:28

    xG 0.31–0.42 (42%)attempts 13–15goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHejduk – O'Reilly – Landeskog2:45

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  2. Kobasew – O'Reilly – Landeskog3:11

    xG 0.15–0.01 (93%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Bordeleau – Palushaj – Olver3:02

    xG 0.16–0.07 (69%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Palushaj – O'Reilly – Landeskog2:58

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunwick – Johnson14:55

    xG 0.55–0.36 (61%)attempts 21–11goals 0–0

  2. Zanon – Barrie13:46

    xG 0.65–0.47 (58%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. O'Byrne – Hejda15:41

    xG 0.29–0.47 (38%)attempts 12–18goals 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.

COL 1.8 xGNSH 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 11/100 · #659 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 81% of the time.

COL winsNSH wins

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

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