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Thu, Apr 10, 2014·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Colorado Avalanche 4, Vancouver Canucks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 71% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1100939428
VAN11406120240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:52VANHenrik SedinAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Daniel Sedin · Deflected, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:39COLPaul StastnyUnassisted · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:21COLPaul StastnyAssists: Erik Johnson, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:00VANDavid BoothAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Alexandre Burrows · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. P3 12:30COLTyson BarrieGWGAssists: Jamie McGinn · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:17COLJohn MitchellENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.64 xG4–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 19:33VANRyan Stanton: Boarding2 min
  2. P2 10:29VANBrad Richardson: Holding2 min
  3. P2 10:29COLAndre Benoit: Diving2 min
  4. P2 15:24VANAlexander Edler: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 7:32VANAlexander Edler: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P3 11:13COLNathan MacKinnon: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 11:13VANRyan Kesler: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 17:54VANYannick Weber: 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 SOG0VAN
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sedin won the faceoff against Stastny
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLVAN
28Shots on goal40
3.8Expected goals2.5
51Shot attempts68
30Faceoffs won36
4Power plays0
4Penalty minutes12
15Hits20
14Blocked shots13
4Giveaways8
8Takeaways6

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. bestMcGinn – O'Reilly – MacKinnon9:49

    xG 0.87–0.16 (84%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Stastny – Landeskog – MacKinnon3:56

    xG 0.67–0.29 (70%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – Stastny – Landeskog9:46

    xG 0.41–0.27 (61%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

  4. Talbot – Bordeleau – Cliche10:53

    xG 0.21–0.38 (35%)attempts 6–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Johnson13:11

    xG 1.46–0.39 (79%)attempts 15–18goals 2–0

  2. Guenin – Barrie11:27

    xG 0.47–0.60 (44%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  3. Benoit – Holden11:53

    xG 0.14–0.62 (19%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestBurrows – Kesler – Booth3:20

    xG 0.44–0.13 (78%)attempts 8–2goals 1–0

  2. Higgins – Richardson – Kassian8:04

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Sedin – Sedin – Jensen11:47

    xG 0.69–0.67 (51%)attempts 18–5goals 1–2

  4. Booth – Sestito – Matthias3:06

    xG 0.04–0.18 (18%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStanton – Corrado14:06

    xG 0.84–0.27 (75%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Edler15:44

    xG 0.59–0.76 (44%)attempts 20–12goals 0–1

  3. Hamhuis – Weber14:30

    xG 0.60–1.28 (32%)attempts 15–15goals 2–1

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.

VAN 2.5 xGCOL 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 54/100 · #521 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 71% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

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

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