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Fri, Oct 25, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Carolina Hurricanes 2, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 70% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0816116230
COL2181818434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:30COLErik JohnsonAssists: Paul Stastny, Alex Tanguay · Deflected, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:33COLMatt DucheneAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Steve Downie · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:12CARDrayson BowmanAssists: Jordan Staal, Andrej Sekera · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:11COLAlex TanguayGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Andre Benoit · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:36COLMatt DuchenePPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:40CARAndrej SekeraAssists: Jiri Tlusty, Alexander Semin · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:28CARRyan Murphy: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:41CARRadek Dvorak: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 17:56COLGabriel Landeskog: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 16:12COLJamie McGinn: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 18:45CARJustin Faulk: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 10:25COLPatrick Bordeleau: Boarding2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCOL
30Shots on goal34
2.7Expected goals4.0
59Shot attempts59
33Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
17Hits11
13Blocked shots17
1Giveaways10
10Takeaways11

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Staal – Bowman7:02

    xG 0.47–0.16 (75%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Semin – Staal – Tlusty8:09

    xG 0.32–0.18 (64%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  3. Ruutu – Gerbe – Nash3:33

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Tlusty – Bowman – Lindholm4:21

    xG 0.04–0.02 (66%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk2:22

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Gleason – Murphy13:09

    xG 0.62–0.62 (50%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Murphy3:14

    xG 0.14–0.15 (47%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestTanguay – Stastny – Landeskog14:18

    xG 0.78–0.31 (71%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Bordeleau – Cliche4:16

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Downie – O'Reilly – Duchene11:03

    xG 0.63–0.65 (49%)attempts 12–14goals 1–2

  4. Parenteau – McGinn – MacKinnon10:44

    xG 0.68–0.71 (49%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sarich – Benoit13:12

    xG 0.42–0.54 (44%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  2. Hejda – Johnson15:40

    xG 0.31–0.45 (41%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0

  3. Guenin – Wilson14:00

    xG 0.56–0.73 (44%)attempts 17–17goals 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 4.0 xGCAR 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 42/100 · #658 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50COL 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 70% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

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

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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).