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Fri, Jan 24, 2014·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Colorado Avalanche 3, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL2101906325
FLA0709220236

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:34COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:13COLPaul StastnyAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Alex Tanguay · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:00COLJamie McGinnGWGAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.23 xG3–0
  4. P3 5:18FLAScottie UpshallAssists: Tomas Fleischmann, Tom Gilbert · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:17FLAScottie UpshallAssists: Sean Bergenheim, Tom Gilbert · Slap, 0.02 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:03COLNick Holden: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:09FLAMike Weaver: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 15:49FLAShawn Matthias: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 19:43COLNathan MacKinnon: High sticking2 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Goc
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLFLA
25Shots on goal36
2.5Expected goals3.1
34Shot attempts64
23Faceoffs won29
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits17
9Blocked shots5
4Giveaways3
6Takeaways7

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. bestTanguay – Stastny – Landeskog11:45

    xG 0.82–0.37 (69%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  2. Bordeleau – McLeod – Cliche6:18

    xG 0.23–0.15 (61%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Talbot – MacKinnon12:35

    xG 0.47–0.63 (43%)attempts 8–18goals 0–0

  4. McGinn – O'Reilly – Duchene10:39

    xG 0.46–0.88 (34%)attempts 5–19goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenoit – Holden14:16

    xG 1.10–0.58 (66%)attempts 12–18goals 1–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson14:50

    xG 0.32–0.42 (43%)attempts 5–8goals 1–0

  3. Wilson – Barrie13:43

    xG 0.40–0.68 (37%)attempts 6–16goals 1–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestGomez – Boyes – Bergenheim8:56

    xG 0.70–0.22 (77%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Goc – Winchester – Huberdeau8:34

    xG 0.41–0.18 (70%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Fleischmann – Upshall – Bjugstad4:48

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Goc – Upshall – Huberdeau3:25

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCampbell – Gilbert16:16

    xG 0.94–0.65 (59%)attempts 20–12goals 1–1

  2. Campbell – Gudbranson2:46

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Weaver – Kulikov12:40

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

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.

FLA 3.1 xGCOL 2.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 60/100 · #442 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +15 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 60% of the time.

FLA winsCOL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).