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Thu, Oct 17, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Detroit Red Wings 4, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 60% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET21205211428
COL010213017240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:08DETJohan FranzenPPAssists: Henrik Zetterberg, Jakub Kindl · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:00DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Danny DeKeyser, Daniel Alfredsson · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–0
  3. P2 2:36COLErik JohnsonPPAssists: Semyon Varlamov · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:42COLGabriel LandeskogPPAssists: Paul Stastny · Snap, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 7:10DETJohan FranzenPPGWGAssists: Justin Abdelkader, Daniel Alfredsson · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:35DETPavel DatsyukAssists: Daniel Alfredsson · Wrist, 0.24 xG4–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 2:13COLCody McLeod: Boarding5 min · PPG
  2. P1 2:13DETJonathan Ericsson: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 2:13COLCody McLeod: Game misconduct10 min
  4. P1 3:45COLRyan Wilson: Hooking2 min
  5. P1 6:19DETTodd Bertuzzi: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 12:19DETStephen Weiss: Interference2 min
  7. P2 0:42DETTodd Bertuzzi: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P2 13:08DETDrew Miller: Fighting5 min · PPG
  9. P2 13:08COLCory Sarich: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 13:08DETDrew Miller: Cross checking2 min
  11. P2 15:46COLJohn Mitchell: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 5:34COLAlex Tanguay: Hooking2 min · PPG
  13. P3 19:39DETDanny DeKeyser: Slashing2 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← DET attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Datsyuk won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCOL
28Shots on goal40
2.8Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts68
25Faceoffs won29
5Power plays5
17Penalty minutes26
13Hits24
18Blocked shots16
6Giveaways6
10Takeaways7

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestAlfredsson – Datsyuk – Zetterberg6:13

    xG 1.27–0.26 (83%)attempts 11–5goals 2–0

  2. Alfredsson – Cleary – Andersson3:44

    xG 0.09–0.07 (57%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Bertuzzi – Datsyuk – Zetterberg6:27

    xG 0.19–0.25 (42%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Weiss – Franzen – Abdelkader8:07

    xG 0.08–0.16 (33%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEricsson – DeKeyser5:32

    xG 0.83–0.19 (81%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  2. Quincey – DeKeyser5:35

    xG 0.61–0.17 (78%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Kindl3:17

    xG 0.33–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestTanguay – Stastny – Landeskog10:12

    xG 0.52–0.13 (80%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Downie – O'Reilly – Duchene10:21

    xG 0.35–0.41 (46%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  3. Parenteau – McGinn – MacKinnon9:28

    xG 0.31–1.06 (23%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Johnson11:58

    xG 0.82–0.16 (84%)attempts 18–8goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Benoit12:03

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  3. Guenin – Wilson11:21

    xG 0.43–0.76 (36%)attempts 11–11goals 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 3.4 xGDET 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 64/100 · #366 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.39 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 60% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

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

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