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Sat, Nov 30, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Minnesota Wild 2, Colorado Avalanche 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 66% of the time.

COL winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MIN011011211040237
COL1111803031325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:22COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: John Mitchell · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:56COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: John Mitchell, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P3 16:33MINMatt CookeAssists: Torrey Mitchell, Kyle Brodziak · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:54MINMikko KoivuAssists: Zach Parise, Jason Pominville · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. COL PA Parenteau stopped
  2. 2. MIN Zach Parise stopped
  3. 3. COL Nathan MacKinnon stopped
  4. 4. MIN Mikko Koivu stopped
  5. 5. COL Ryan O'Reilly scored
  6. 6. MIN Jason Pominville stopped

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.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINCOL
37Shots on goal25
3.0Expected goals2.2
58Shot attempts52
31Faceoffs won38
0Power plays0
0Penalty minutes0
23Hits30
17Blocked shots16
2Giveaways2
9Takeaways9

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.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHeatley – Coyle – Niederreiter12:37

    xG 1.11–0.09 (93%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Cooke – Brodziak – Mitchell12:05

    xG 0.84–0.04 (95%)attempts 13–5goals 1–0

  3. Haula – Zucker – Fontaine4:20

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Koivu – Pominville – Parise15:24

    xG 0.53–0.38 (58%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestScandella – Brodin13:32

    xG 0.75–0.41 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  2. Suter – Spurgeon21:55

    xG 1.36–1.12 (55%)attempts 17–19goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Brodin5:37

    xG 0.20–0.08 (71%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Stastny – Landeskog9:37

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Duchene – MacKinnon7:46

    xG 0.42–0.50 (46%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

  3. Parenteau – Stastny – McGinn5:54

    xG 0.11–0.25 (30%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Bordeleau – McLeod – Cliche9:44

    xG 0.15–0.35 (30%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sarich – Benoit15:27

    xG 0.31–0.39 (44%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

  2. Guenin – Barrie18:08

    xG 0.38–0.85 (31%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Johnson22:06

    xG 0.79–1.45 (35%)attempts 17–19goals 1–0

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 2.2 xGMIN 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLMIN

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 MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 67/100 · #325 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +49 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 66% of the time.

COL winsMIN wins

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

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