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Wed, Mar 19, 2014·MTS Centre, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 4, Winnipeg Jets 5 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 65% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL212151802427
WPG281111711527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:20COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Matt Duchene, Jamie McGinn · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:15WPGAndrew LaddAssists: Bryan Little, Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:08WPGEric TangradiAssists: Blake Wheeler, Olli Jokinen · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–2
  4. P1 17:47COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Andre Benoit, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–2
  5. P2 12:02WPGEvander KaneAssists: Devin Setoguchi, Paul Postma · Snap, 0.27 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:29COLNick HoldenAssists: Tyson Barrie, Max Talbot · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–3
  7. P3 4:58WPGAndrew LaddPPAssists: Blake Wheeler, Toby Enstrom · Wrist, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 10:23COLCody McLeodAssists: Max Talbot, Nate Guenin · Wrist, 0.11 xG4–4
  9. OT 1:42WPGBlake WheelerGWGAssists: Paul Postma, Toby Enstrom · Snap, 0.02 xG4–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 13:49WPGAdam Pardy: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 3:58COLPatrick Bordeleau: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:58COLPatrick Bordeleau: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 3:58WPGAnthony Peluso: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 3:46COLAndre Benoit: Interference2 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 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Little
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
27Shots on goal27
2.2Expected goals3.1
49Shot attempts52
28Faceoffs won30
1Power plays2
9Penalty minutes7
33Hits28
11Blocked shots12
13Giveaways8
6Takeaways6

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. Bordeleau – Carey – Malone3:51

    xG 0.11–0.07 (62%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  2. McGinn – O'Reilly – Duchene14:22

    xG 0.33–0.52 (39%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  3. Talbot – McLeod – Cliche11:32

    xG 0.29–0.88 (25%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSarich – Guenin5:21

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Sarich – Benoit2:03

    xG 0.05–0.12 (32%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Benoit – Holden7:44

    xG 0.06–0.42 (12%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestSetoguchi – O'Dell – Kane13:32

    xG 1.09–0.33 (77%)attempts 12–10goals 1–1

  2. Jokinen – Wheeler – Tangradi15:30

    xG 0.57–0.29 (66%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  3. Ladd – Little – Frolik14:12

    xG 0.80–0.54 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 1–2

  4. Peluso – Halischuk – Cormier4:05

    xG 0.07–0.02 (79%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPardy – Postma14:00

    xG 1.10–0.31 (78%)attempts 15–9goals 1–1

  2. Enstrom – Ellerby15:37

    xG 0.88–0.36 (71%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  3. Stuart – Trouba17:43

    xG 0.47–0.54 (47%)attempts 12–12goals 1–1

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.

WPG 3.1 xGCOL 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 95/100 · #50 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.47 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 39% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 65% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
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+7

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