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Thu, Oct 10, 2013·TD Garden, Boston

Colorado Avalanche 2, Boston Bruins 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 61% of the time.

BOS winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11406110230
BOS010015014039

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:20COLRyan O'ReillyPPGWGAssists: Andre Benoit, Matt Duchene · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:34COLMatt DucheneENAssists: Steve Downie · Wrist, 0.65 xG2–0
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 1:56COLJamie McGinn: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  2. P1 13:22COLTyson Barrie: Holding2 min
  3. P1 16:56BOSZdeno Chara: Cross checking2 min
  4. P1 16:56COLSteve Downie: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P1 18:54BOSDavid Krejci: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 4:12BOSJohnny Boychuk: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P2 8:15COLPatrick Bordeleau: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 8:15BOSShawn Thornton: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 13:11BOSJordan Caron: Holding2 min
  10. P2 19:09BOSMilan Lucic: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 19:09BOSMilan Lucic: Misconduct10 min
  12. P2 19:09BOSJarome Iginla: Roughing2 min
  13. P2 19:09COLGabriel Landeskog: Roughing2 min
  14. P2 19:09COLPA Parenteau: Roughing2 min
  15. P3 8:17BOSPatrice Bergeron: Tripping2 min
  16. P3 11:20COLPA Parenteau: Hooking2 min
  17. P3 11:20BOSLoui Eriksson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  18. P3 11:56COLGabriel Landeskog: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Krejci won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLBOS
30Shots on goal39
3.2Expected goals2.5
56Shot attempts72
32Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
19Penalty minutes31
25Hits27
14Blocked shots17
7Giveaways7
3Takeaways5

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. Parenteau – McGinn – MacKinnon6:53

    xG 0.12–0.11 (52%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Tanguay – Stastny – Landeskog10:32

    xG 0.49–0.52 (48%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

  3. Mitchell – Bordeleau – McLeod5:00

    xG 0.06–0.12 (33%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Downie – O'Reilly – Duchene12:31

    xG 0.22–0.40 (35%)attempts 8–16goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGuenin – Barrie7:45

    xG 0.49–0.12 (81%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson14:19

    xG 0.66–0.46 (59%)attempts 18–14goals 0–0

  3. Guenin – Hejda2:35

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Krejci – Lucic8:36

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Thornton – Campbell – Paille4:29

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Bergeron – Marchand9:50

    xG 0.54–0.48 (53%)attempts 15–12goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Paille – Krejci2:10

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Hamilton12:19

    xG 0.61–0.26 (70%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Chara – Hamilton3:04

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Chara – Boychuk10:24

    xG 0.41–0.24 (63%)attempts 14–10goals 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.

BOS 2.5 xGCOL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 1/100 · #1190 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.64 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 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 61% of the time.

BOS winsCOL wins

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

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