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Fri, Nov 29, 2013·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Colorado Avalanche 3, Minnesota Wild 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 64% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL181815321
MIN0616016128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:45COLJan HejdaAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon · Slap, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:34COLNathan MacKinnonGWGAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Erik Johnson · Deflected, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:02MINDany HeatleyAssists: Nino Niederreiter, Erik Haula · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:40COLGabriel LandeskogENAssists: Marc-Andre Cliche · Snap, 0.61 xG3–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:23MINZach Parise: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:24COLCody McLeod: Boarding5 min
  3. P1 17:24COLCody McLeod: Game misconduct10 min
  4. P2 10:42MINClayton Stoner: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 12:46COLJohn Mitchell: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 19:29COLNathan MacKinnon: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 19:29MINNino Niederreiter: Roughing2 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 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLMIN
21Shots on goal28
1.7Expected goals2.5
38Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won21
2Power plays2
19Penalty minutes6
19Hits25
19Blocked shots12
0Giveaways5
2Takeaways5

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. Cliche – McGinn – Malone3:02

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Parenteau – Landeskog – MacKinnon11:50

    xG 0.31–0.29 (52%)attempts 10–12goals 2–0

  3. Talbot – Mitchell – Bordeleau3:31

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. McLeod – O'Reilly – Duchene3:37

    xG 0.02–0.15 (14%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Guenin – Benoit2:18

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson13:31

    xG 0.41–0.53 (44%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

  3. Guenin – Barrie9:45

    xG 0.21–0.36 (37%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestKoivu – Pominville – Parise6:21

    xG 0.57–0.04 (94%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Heatley – Brodziak – Zucker3:21

    xG 0.30–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Heatley – Haula – Niederreiter3:29

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  4. Koivu – Parise – Coyle10:11

    xG 0.17–0.07 (70%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin15:57

    xG 0.59–0.14 (81%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  2. Scandella – Spurgeon12:48

    xG 0.84–0.46 (65%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  3. Ballard – Stoner9:35

    xG 0.27–0.20 (58%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

MIN 2.5 xGCOL 1.7 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 17/100 · #977 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 64% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

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

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