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Thu, Dec 12, 2013·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 4, Winnipeg Jets 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 71% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL1421405032426
WPG21404115050338

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:24WPGBlake WheelerAssists: Toby Enstrom, Bryan Little · Deflected, 0.35 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:25WPGMichael FrolikPPAssists: Jacob Trouba, Grant Clitsome · Deflected, 0.19 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:08COLMatt DucheneAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Nate Guenin · Snap, 0.20 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:47COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Matt Duchene, Cory Sarich · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 19:57COLMatt DucheneAssists: Nathan MacKinnon · Backhand, 0.22 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:00WPGBlake WheelerPPAssists: Mark Scheifele, Grant Clitsome · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. WPG Devin Setoguchi stopped
  2. 2. COL Matt Duchene scored
  3. 3. WPG Andrew Ladd stopped
  4. 4. COL PA Parenteau scored
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 2:24COLErik Johnson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 3:47COLNate Guenin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P1 6:47COLNathan MacKinnon: Abusive language2 min
  4. P2 4:33WPGChris Thorburn: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 9:56WPGOlli Jokinen: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 12:07COLGabriel Landeskog: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 8:02COLCory Sarich: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 14:10COLGabriel Landeskog: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Little won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
26Shots on goal38
3.5Expected goals5.1
61Shot attempts73
34Faceoffs won25
2Power plays6
12Penalty minutes4
34Hits31
17Blocked shots25
17Giveaways12
2Takeaways6

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 – Landeskog12:43

    xG 0.35–0.02 (94%)attempts 13–4goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Duchene – MacKinnon10:38

    xG 0.96–0.92 (51%)attempts 11–14goals 3–1

  3. Bordeleau – McLeod – Cliche3:13

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Talbot – Mitchell – McGinn9:56

    xG 0.58–0.91 (39%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Barrie11:11

    xG 0.52–0.23 (69%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Benoit12:04

    xG 0.62–0.66 (48%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Barrie3:56

    xG 0.08–0.27 (24%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLadd – Wheeler – Little11:06

    xG 1.05–0.33 (76%)attempts 17–8goals 1–1

  2. Frolik – Halischuk – Scheifele7:55

    xG 0.53–0.37 (59%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Albert – Peluso – Wright3:57

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Jokinen – Thorburn – Setoguchi9:27

    xG 0.47–0.61 (43%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEnstrom – Byfuglien15:15

    xG 1.33–0.26 (84%)attempts 20–9goals 1–1

  2. Clitsome – Ellerby4:38

    xG 0.49–0.10 (82%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Stuart – Ellerby5:16

    xG 0.02–0.33 (6%)attempts 2–9goals 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.

WPG 5.1 xGCOL 3.5 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

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Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 84/100 · #157 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.11 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +31 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 71% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

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