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Mon, Apr 1, 2013·Joe Louis Arena, Detroit

Colorado Avalanche 2, Detroit Red Wings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Detroit Red Wings win this game 74% of the time.

DET winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0100529224
DET192704320

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:57DETJustin AbdelkaderAssists: Johan Franzen, Niklas Kronwall · Tip-in, 0.40 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:28DETDaniel ClearyPPAssists: Johan Franzen, Pavel Datsyuk · Tip-in, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:54DETDamien BrunnerGWGAssists: Gustav Nyquist · Slap, 0.06 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:52COLJamie McGinnPPAssists: John Mitchell, Cody McLeod · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:42COLMatt DucheneUnassisted · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 16:14DETJoakim Andersson: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 19:38DETJonathan Ericsson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 6:06COLTyson Barrie: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 4:32DETJakub Kindl: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 13:03COLAaron Palushaj: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDET
24Shots on goal20
1.5Expected goals2.7
37Shot attempts37
29Faceoffs won25
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
25Hits20
4Blocked shots7
5Giveaways5
3Takeaways7

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. bestMcGinn – O'Reilly – Landeskog2:04

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – O'Reilly – Landeskog7:03

    xG 0.08–0.06 (56%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Van Der Gulik – Bordeleau – Malone4:09

    xG 0.15–0.16 (49%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – Mitchell – Duchene3:35

    xG 0.02–0.04 (33%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Zanon – Barrie14:10

    xG 0.27–0.39 (40%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Johnson15:35

    xG 0.14–0.32 (30%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  3. O'Byrne – Hejda13:27

    xG 0.34–0.78 (30%)attempts 6–14goals 0–2

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestDatsyuk – Franzen – Abdelkader14:33

    xG 0.90–0.17 (84%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Cleary – Andersson – Nyquist5:50

    xG 0.24–0.03 (90%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Cleary – Filppula – Miller6:02

    xG 0.14–0.07 (66%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Filppula – Miller – Brunner5:38

    xG 0.12–0.06 (67%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKronwall – Ericsson13:18

    xG 0.81–0.05 (94%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  2. Colaiacovo – Smith14:52

    xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. White – Kindl17:16

    xG 0.31–0.37 (45%)attempts 10–9goals 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 2.7 xGCOL 1.5 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #295 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DET 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, Detroit Red Wings win this game 74% 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).