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Mon, Feb 3, 2014·Prudential Center, Newark

Colorado Avalanche 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 55% of the time.

NJD winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL06091911225
NJD111090800128

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:25NJDRyan CarterAssists: Steve Bernier, Stephen Gionta · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P3 18:13COLPA ParenteauAssists: Tyson Barrie, Gabriel Landeskog · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. OT 0:28COLRyan O'ReillyPPGWGAssists: Matt Duchene, Nathan MacKinnon · Tip-in, 0.17 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:50COLGabriel Landeskog: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 9:08COLMax Talbot: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 12:34NJDPeter Harrold: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 15:47COLPatrick Bordeleau: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P2 8:16NJDSteve Bernier: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:12NJDSteve Bernier: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 5:04NJDJaromir Jagr: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:30COLJohn Mitchell: Holding2 min
  9. P3 19:18NJDAndy Greene: Slashing2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NJD
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Zajac
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLNJD
25Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals2.3
40Shot attempts47
24Faceoffs won26
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
19Hits9
7Blocked shots5
4Giveaways6
6Takeaways10

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 – Talbot – McLeod2:46

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Duchene – MacKinnon2:15

    xG 0.10–0.04 (69%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – Landeskog – MacKinnon8:20

    xG 0.19–0.24 (44%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – Landeskog – MacKinnon2:56

    xG 0.07–0.15 (32%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Holden – Barrie12:40

    xG 0.17–0.24 (42%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Guenin – Benoit6:34

    xG 0.16–0.28 (37%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Johnson12:58

    xG 0.25–0.52 (33%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Zubrus – Zajac9:15

    xG 0.84–0.12 (87%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Bernier – Gionta – Carter6:01

    xG 0.09–0.02 (79%)attempts 4–1goals 1–0

  3. Ryder – Clowe – Henrique10:32

    xG 0.16–0.15 (51%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Elias – Loktionov – Brunner6:41

    xG 0.19–0.19 (49%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFayne – Greene15:47

    xG 1.10–0.12 (90%)attempts 19–5goals 0–0

  2. Harrold – Merrill11:23

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

  3. Salvador – Zidlicky8:30

    xG 0.21–0.26 (44%)attempts 3–9goals 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.

NJD 2.3 xGCOL 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 65/100 · #359 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.87 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 55% of the time.

NJD winsCOL wins

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

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