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Fri, Apr 19, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Edmonton Oilers 4, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 58% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM21021103424
COL1190609134

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:33EDMTaylor HallAssists: Jeff Petry, Justin Schultz · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:29COLPA ParenteauAssists: Shane O'Brien, John Mitchell · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:14EDMJustin SchultzGWGAssists: Jordan Eberle, Magnus Paajarvi · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:12EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Jordan Eberle, Nick Schultz · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 14:13EDMJordan EberleAssists: Mark Fistric, Magnus Paajarvi · Backhand, 0.06 xG4–1
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:30COLGabriel Landeskog: Boarding2 min
  2. P1 8:27EDMCorey Potter: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 2:53EDMMark Fistric: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:18EDMNick Schultz: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 14:58COLPA Parenteau: Hooking2 min
  6. P3 2:25COLGreg Zanon: Boarding2 min
  7. P3 6:36COLCody McLeod: Interference2 min
  8. P3 16:54EDMRyan Smyth: Hooking2 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 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCOL
24Shots on goal34
2.0Expected goals2.4
49Shot attempts68
17Faceoffs won41
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
23Hits13
24Blocked shots13
9Giveaways11
6Takeaways15

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. bestSmyth – Smithson – Brown5:28

    xG 0.15–0.02 (86%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Eberle – Paajarvi – Nugent-Hopkins10:41

    xG 0.53–0.45 (54%)attempts 8–12goals 3–0

  3. Gagner – Hall – Yakupov10:32

    xG 0.40–0.43 (48%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Jones – Lander7:35

    xG 0.17–0.22 (45%)attempts 7–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSmid – Petry12:39

    xG 0.41–0.06 (88%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Schultz – Schultz9:58

    xG 0.33–0.25 (57%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Potter – Fistric11:41

    xG 0.36–0.66 (35%)attempts 7–20goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHejduk – Duchene – Landeskog2:40

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Mitchell – Duchene6:42

    xG 0.44–0.28 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  3. McLeod – O'Reilly – Landeskog8:26

    xG 0.37–0.33 (53%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  4. Hejduk – Bordeleau – Malone3:26

    xG 0.16–0.18 (46%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Brien – Hunwick11:11

    xG 0.53–0.27 (67%)attempts 11–10goals 1–1

  2. Hejda – Elliott8:51

    xG 0.18–0.16 (52%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Zanon – Barrie12:43

    xG 0.36–0.55 (39%)attempts 15–10goals 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 2.4 xGEDM 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 39/100 · #450 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 38% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 58% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

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

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