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Sat, Jan 11, 2014·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Colorado Avalanche 4, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 58% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL032926418
MIN0727013227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:08COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Paul Stastny, Max Talbot · Backhand, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:25COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: John Mitchell, Andre Benoit · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 14:19MINCharlie CoyleAssists: Dany Heatley · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:59MINCharlie CoyleAssists: Dany Heatley, Nate Prosser · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:44COLRyan O'ReillyGWGAssists: Matt Duchene · Backhand, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:50COLMax TalbotENAssists: Andre Benoit · Wrist, 0.53 xG4–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:32COLErik Johnson: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 6:14COLKarl Stollery: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 10:09MINStephane Veilleux: Holding2 min
  4. P2 11:21MINMatt Cooke: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 13:13MINMatt Cooke: Hooking2 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 SOG0MIN
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLMIN
18Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals2.2
37Shot attempts53
26Faceoffs won29
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
19Hits9
15Blocked shots7
3Giveaways2
7Takeaways11

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. Mitchell – McLeod – Cliche3:33

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. McGinn – Duchene – MacKinnon6:09

    xG 0.10–0.08 (55%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  3. Bordeleau – Cliche – Malone4:08

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – O'Reilly – Duchene7:02

    xG 0.34–0.47 (42%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWilson – Stollery9:17

    xG 0.39–0.06 (86%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  2. Sarich – Benoit14:17

    xG 0.37–0.44 (45%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Benoit – Wilson2:10

    xG 0.00–0.37 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–2

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestHeatley – Zucker – Coyle10:49

    xG 0.44–0.09 (83%)attempts 12–5goals 2–0

  2. Cooke – Brodziak – Fontaine10:41

    xG 0.53–0.18 (75%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

  3. Pominville – Granlund – Niederreiter13:45

    xG 0.43–0.17 (72%)attempts 10–3goals 0–1

  4. Veilleux – Mitchell – Haula5:22

    xG 0.07–0.11 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin22:11

    xG 0.67–0.49 (58%)attempts 22–10goals 0–2

  2. Scandella – Prosser13:25

    xG 0.56–0.42 (57%)attempts 17–10goals 1–1

  3. Stoner – Blum9:28

    xG 0.06–0.11 (37%)attempts 2–4goals 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.

MIN 2.2 xGCOL 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #387 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 58% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

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

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