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Thu, Dec 5, 2013·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 2, Edmonton Oilers 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 70% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL010213012235
EDM3819411828

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:44EDMTaylor HallAssists: Philip Larsen · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:42EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Justin Schultz, Jordan Eberle · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P1 17:57EDMAles HemskyPPGWGAssists: Ryan Smyth, Mark Arcobello · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P2 4:20COLNick HoldenAssists: Matt Duchene · Deflected, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P2 9:28COLPA ParenteauAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.30 xG2–3
  6. P2 12:06EDMDavid PerronUnassisted · Snap, 0.08 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:55EDMMark ArcobelloAssists: Ales Hemsky, Ryan Smyth · Snap, 0.23 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:19EDMJordan EberleAssists: Ryan Smyth, David Perron · Snap, 0.27 xG2–6
  9. P3 18:30EDMSam GagnerAssists: Taylor Hall · Snap, 0.09 xG2–7
  10. P3 19:49EDMTaylor HallPPAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Corey Potter · Snap, 0.53 xG2–8
Penalties (19)
  1. P1 6:02EDMRyan Jones: Holding2 min
  2. P1 6:48EDMCorey Potter: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 15:51COLPA Parenteau: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:10COLMarc-Andre Cliche: Broken stick2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:39EDMDavid Perron: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 7:07COLJamie McGinn: Interference2 min
  7. P2 10:15COLPA Parenteau: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 10:15EDMTaylor Hall: Diving2 min
  9. P2 12:38COLNick Holden: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 14:15COLAndre Benoit: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 2:34COLPatrick Bordeleau: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 2:34EDMLuke Gazdic: Fighting5 min
  13. P3 2:34COLPatrick Bordeleau: Charging2 min
  14. P3 2:34EDMLuke Gazdic: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  15. P3 5:38EDMAles Hemsky: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 6:29COLPA Parenteau: High sticking2 min
  17. P3 13:02EDMDavid Perron: Holding the stick2 min
  18. P3 16:32EDMMartin Marincin: Holding the stick2 min
  19. P3 18:18COLNathan MacKinnon: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Gagner
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
35Shots on goal28
2.9Expected goals4.3
65Shot attempts51
39Faceoffs won31
6Power plays7
23Penalty minutes21
20Hits23
9Blocked shots14
10Giveaways17
2Takeaways8

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. bestParenteau – Stastny – Landeskog8:42

    xG 0.54–0.37 (59%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  2. O'Reilly – Duchene – MacKinnon7:57

    xG 0.38–0.22 (64%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Bordeleau – McLeod – Cliche2:33

    xG 0.03–0.03 (47%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Talbot – Mitchell – McGinn8:40

    xG 0.10–0.45 (18%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenoit – Johnson3:58

    xG 0.27–0.14 (67%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Guenin – Johnson2:36

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Benoit – Barrie2:22

    xG 0.07–0.02 (82%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestSmyth – Hemsky – Arcobello6:23

    xG 0.43–0.13 (76%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

  2. Gagner – Hall – Yakupov8:41

    xG 0.52–0.32 (62%)attempts 6–11goals 1–1

  3. Jones – Gazdic – Lander3:02

    xG 0.03–0.04 (47%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  4. Perron – Eberle – Nugent-Hopkins8:48

    xG 0.38–0.40 (48%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPotter – Marincin9:28

    xG 0.54–0.13 (80%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Ference – Larsen12:29

    xG 0.44–0.47 (48%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  3. Schultz – Schultz10:30

    xG 0.39–0.46 (46%)attempts 7–15goals 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.

EDM 4.3 xGCOL 2.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 68/100 · #311 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 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, Edmonton Oilers win this game 70% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).