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Fri, Jan 10, 2014·Pepsi Center, Denver

New York Islanders 2, Colorado Avalanche 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 54% of the time.

COL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI07091513224
COL091130702131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:15COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Andre Benoit, Jamie McGinn · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 4:28NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Calvin de Haan, Frans Nielsen · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:46NYIMichael GrabnerGWGAssists: Brian Strait · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 3:44NYIAndrew MacDonald: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:50COLGabriel Landeskog: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 3:52COLCory Sarich: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 14:01NYIMichael Grabner: Interference goalkeeper2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICOL
24Shots on goal31
1.6Expected goals1.8
39Shot attempts53
25Faceoffs won35
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
33Hits32
15Blocked shots9
1Giveaways2
8Takeaways8

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestNielsen – Bailey – Nelson9:51

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Clutterbuck – Grabner – Strome9:02

    xG 0.30–0.11 (74%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. McDonald – Martin – Cizikas9:39

    xG 0.04–0.24 (16%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

  4. Vanek – Okposo – Tavares15:07

    xG 0.11–0.41 (21%)attempts 8–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHickey – Donovan11:41

    xG 0.37–0.21 (64%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  2. Strait – MacDonald16:17

    xG 0.34–0.28 (55%)attempts 9–13goals 0–0

  3. Hamonic – de Haan18:19

    xG 0.11–0.71 (14%)attempts 5–17goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestTalbot – McLeod – Cliche9:29

    xG 0.41–0.16 (72%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – Stastny – Landeskog15:04

    xG 0.32–0.08 (81%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  3. Van Der Gulik – Bordeleau – Malone5:40

    xG 0.09–0.09 (50%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – Duchene – MacKinnon12:51

    xG 0.26–0.57 (31%)attempts 8–11goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Johnson17:38

    xG 0.41–0.18 (70%)attempts 21–10goals 0–0

  2. Holden – Barrie11:18

    xG 0.48–0.36 (57%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  3. Benoit – Holden3:36

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 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 1.8 xGNYI 1.6 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 34/100 · #737 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.20 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 22% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 54% of the time.

COL winsNYI wins

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

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