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Tue, Apr 8, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 4, Edmonton Oilers 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 73% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL21409210433
EDM1901004123

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:13COLPaul StastnyAssists: Tyson Barrie, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:58EDMDavid PerronPPAssists: Sam Gagner, Philip Larsen · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:10COLErik JohnsonGWGAssists: Jan Hejda, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:34COLTyson BarriePPAssists: Erik Johnson, Ryan O'Reilly · Snap, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:19COLJamie McGinnAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Ryan O'Reilly · Backhand, 0.23 xG4–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:01EDMTaylor Hall: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 15:46COLErik Johnson: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 16:42COLMax Talbot: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 6:50EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 8:18COLGabriel Landeskog: Interference2 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Nugent-Hopkins
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
33Shots on goal23
3.9Expected goals2.5
58Shot attempts53
25Faceoffs won22
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
14Hits15
17Blocked shots11
8Giveaways12
12Takeaways7

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. bestMitchell – Stastny – Landeskog11:54

    xG 1.44–0.18 (89%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

  2. McGinn – O'Reilly – MacKinnon12:14

    xG 0.87–0.40 (69%)attempts 17–8goals 1–0

  3. Talbot – Bordeleau – Cliche9:25

    xG 0.16–0.36 (30%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGuenin – Barrie11:26

    xG 1.53–0.33 (82%)attempts 16–6goals 1–0

  2. Benoit – Holden12:30

    xG 0.71–0.10 (87%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

  3. Hejda – Johnson15:53

    xG 0.78–0.67 (54%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHendricks – Gordon – Pinizzotto2:48

    xG 0.48–0.15 (76%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Gordon – Pinizzotto – Lander6:41

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Eberle – Hall – Nugent-Hopkins14:37

    xG 0.68–1.08 (38%)attempts 14–14goals 0–2

  4. Smyth – Gagner – Perron14:04

    xG 0.48–1.87 (20%)attempts 13–23goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Klefbom13:42

    xG 0.61–0.42 (59%)attempts 12–7goals 0–1

  2. Fraser – Belov6:34

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Marincin2:15

    xG 0.01–0.12 (11%)attempts 1–2goals 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.

EDM 2.5 xGCOL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #841 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 73% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

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