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Mon, Dec 23, 2013·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Colorado Avalanche 4, San Jose Sharks 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 59% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL21505211020433
SJS11322116052545

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:05COLNathan MacKinnonPPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Erik Johnson · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:59SJSJason DemersPPAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Slap, 0.05 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:11COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Paul Stastny, PA Parenteau · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:53SJSBrent BurnsAssists: Joe Thornton, Matt Irwin · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:02SJSMatt IrwinPPAssists: Dan Boyle, Tommy Wingels · Slap, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:09COLErik JohnsonAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:21COLJamie McGinnAssists: John Mitchell, Max Talbot · Snap, 0.02 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:40SJSJoe PavelskiAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Slap, 0.24 xG4–4

Shootout

  1. 1. SJS Joe Pavelski stopped
  2. 2. COL Nathan MacKinnon stopped
  3. 3. SJS Logan Couture scored
  4. 4. COL Matt Duchene stopped
  5. 5. SJS Patrick Marleau scored
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 2:26COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:26SJSMike Brown: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 8:54COLJamie McGinn: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 8:54SJSBrad Stuart: Fighting5 min · PPG
  5. P1 10:24SJSTommy Wingels: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 13:21COLAndre Benoit: Elbowing2 min · PPG
  7. P1 14:57SJSLogan Couture: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 12:28COLNathan MacKinnon: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 7:10COLPA Parenteau: Too many men on the ice2 min
  10. P3 16:05SJSPatrick Marleau: Tripping2 min
  11. OT 1:54COLErik Johnson: Holding2 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 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Thornton won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSJS
33Shots on goal45
4.0Expected goals4.6
65Shot attempts90
30Faceoffs won42
3Power plays4
18Penalty minutes16
21Hits29
26Blocked shots22
17Giveaways13
4Takeaways15

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 – Landeskog11:42

    xG 1.50–0.78 (66%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  2. Talbot – Mitchell – McGinn10:17

    xG 0.37–0.35 (51%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

  3. Bordeleau – McLeod – Cliche4:03

    xG 0.06–0.07 (45%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. O'Reilly – Duchene – MacKinnon14:31

    xG 0.44–0.47 (48%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenoit – Barrie2:05

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

  2. Guenin – Barrie12:31

    xG 0.46–0.44 (51%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Sarich – Benoit13:53

    xG 0.57–0.79 (42%)attempts 16–19goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Couture – Wingels12:00

    xG 0.77–0.30 (72%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Brown – Desjardins – Sheppard6:15

    xG 0.19–0.06 (76%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. Kennedy – McCarthy – Nieto10:28

    xG 0.27–0.38 (42%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Braun14:31

    xG 0.70–0.25 (73%)attempts 22–7goals 0–0

  2. Boyle – Irwin10:47

    xG 0.41–0.09 (82%)attempts 5–10goals 0–1

  3. Stuart – Demers7:54

    xG 0.20–0.45 (31%)attempts 8–11goals 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.

SJS 4.6 xGCOL 4.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #28 of 1230 this seasonSwing 3.10 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 3% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 59% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

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

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