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Thu, Apr 3, 2014·Pepsi Center, Denver

New York Rangers 2, Colorado Avalanche 3 (SO)

Expected result

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

COL winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYR1811503050231
COL0917116051337

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:10NYRJohn MooreAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Benoit Pouliot · Slap, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:57COLAndre BenoitAssists: John Mitchell, Ryan O'Reilly · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 15:30NYRDerek StepanAssists: Kevin Klein, Dan Girardi · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:08COLTyson BarrieAssists: Paul Stastny, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. COL Tyson Barrie scored
  2. 2. NYR Mats Zuccarello stopped
  3. 3. COL Ryan O'Reilly stopped
  4. 4. NYR Martin St. Louis stopped
  5. 5. COL Gabriel Landeskog stopped
  6. 6. NYR Brad Richards stopped
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 13:33NYRDerek Dorsett: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:50COLGabriel Landeskog: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 8:38NYRDerick Brassard: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 11:10COLCody McLeod: Holding2 min
  5. P2 15:55COLJohn Mitchell: Interference2 min
  6. P2 19:11NYRDerick Brassard: Holding2 min
  7. P2 19:40COLGabriel Landeskog: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 2:29NYRDominic Moore: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 7:26COLGabriel Landeskog: Slashing2 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.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRCOL
31Shots on goal37
2.6Expected goals3.0
47Shot attempts57
31Faceoffs won34
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
23Hits31
7Blocked shots5
0Giveaways9
14Takeaways12

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 Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestNash – Hagelin – Stepan7:56

    xG 0.64–0.19 (77%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Pouliot – Brassard – Zuccarello8:18

    xG 0.25–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. St. Louis – Richards – Carcillo5:45

    xG 0.26–0.10 (73%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  4. Moore – Boyle – Dorsett4:48

    xG 0.01–0.20 (6%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlein – Diaz5:37

    xG 0.52–0.34 (60%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Girardi – Moore5:46

    xG 0.26–0.15 (63%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Moore – Diaz2:41

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

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Landeskog – MacKinnon10:40

    xG 0.35–0.18 (67%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – McGinn – O'Reilly7:43

    xG 0.16–0.25 (39%)attempts 6–5goals 1–1

  3. Talbot – Bordeleau – McLeod5:44

    xG 0.12–0.59 (17%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGuenin – Barrie8:07

    xG 0.60–0.25 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Barrie2:43

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Johnson12:41

    xG 0.27–0.25 (52%)attempts 7–6goals 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 3.0 xGNYR 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNYR

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 NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 72/100 · #272 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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.

COL winsNYR wins

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

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