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Wed, Jan 8, 2014·Pepsi Center, Denver

Ottawa Senators 3, Colorado Avalanche 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 60% of the time.

COL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
OTT1112120900332
COL2701111112431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:19COLJamie McGinnPPAssists: Erik Johnson, Nick Holden · Tip-in, 0.08 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:54COLJan HejdaAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Paul Stastny · Slap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P1 15:02OTTClarke MacArthurAssists: Bobby Ryan · Snap, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:53OTTJason SpezzaPPAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Erik Karlsson · Tip-in, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:18OTTKyle TurrisAssists: Mark Stone, Erik Karlsson · Slap, 0.03 xG3–2
  6. P3 17:40COLPaul StastnyAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–3
  7. OT 0:33COLTyson BarrieGWGAssists: Paul Stastny, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:06OTTCory Conacher: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:27COLTyson Barrie: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:06COLCory Sarich: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:14COLJan Hejda: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCOL
32Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals3.2
64Shot attempts57
26Faceoffs won27
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
17Hits26
12Blocked shots17
2Giveaways5
6Takeaways13

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestMichalek – Conacher – Zibanejad10:32

    xG 0.79–0.26 (75%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Kassian – Condra – Smith8:15

    xG 0.18–0.10 (64%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Greening – Stone9:54

    xG 0.18–0.69 (21%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  4. MacArthur – Ryan – Turris12:35

    xG 0.43–1.34 (25%)attempts 13–15goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPhillips – Ceci11:15

    xG 0.89–0.63 (58%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  2. Karlsson – Cowen20:34

    xG 0.83–1.17 (42%)attempts 26–16goals 2–0

  3. Methot – Gryba15:11

    xG 0.26–0.70 (27%)attempts 11–15goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – Stastny – Landeskog14:39

    xG 0.76–0.23 (77%)attempts 17–9goals 2–0

  2. McGinn – Duchene – MacKinnon15:13

    xG 1.22–0.79 (61%)attempts 19–22goals 0–1

  3. Van Der Gulik – Bordeleau – Malone4:53

    xG 0.19–0.02 (92%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Talbot – McLeod – Cliche11:18

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Johnson18:53

    xG 1.83–0.95 (66%)attempts 24–23goals 1–0

  2. Sarich – Benoit12:54

    xG 0.19–0.32 (38%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  3. Holden – Barrie13:15

    xG 0.10–0.29 (26%)attempts 7–16goals 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.

COL 3.2 xGOTT 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #139 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.12 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 8% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +40 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 60% of the time.

COL winsOTT wins

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

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