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Fri, Apr 11, 2014·SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose

Colorado Avalanche 1, San Jose Sharks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 75% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL011111011133
SJS27011312530

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:01SJSDan BoyleAssists: Joe Thornton, Brent Burns · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:11SJSPatrick MarleauGWGAssists: Martin Havlat, Logan Couture · Slap, 0.06 xG0–2
  3. P2 15:18COLPatrick BordeleauAssists: Max Talbot, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:26SJSMartin HavlatAssists: Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 13:40SJSMartin HavlatAssists: Bracken Kearns, Andrew Desjardins · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:04SJSMartin HavlatENAssists: Logan Couture, Patrick Marleau · Wrist, 0.60 xG1–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:13SJSJoe Pavelski: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:29COLErik Johnson: Holding2 min
  3. P2 15:35COLPA Parenteau: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 18:49SJSTomas Hertl: Boarding2 min
  5. P3 18:49COLPatrick Bordeleau: Misconduct10 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 SOG0SJS
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackSJS attack →
  1. P1 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Thornton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSJS
33Shots on goal30
2.5Expected goals4.2
51Shot attempts59
31Faceoffs won35
2Power plays2
14Penalty minutes4
34Hits24
12Blocked shots11
15Giveaways14
7Takeaways10

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. bestStastny – Landeskog – MacKinnon11:19

    xG 0.85–0.79 (52%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

  2. Carey – Malone – MacKinnon2:14

    xG 0.02–0.01 (73%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Parenteau – McGinn – O'Reilly11:59

    xG 0.26–0.41 (39%)attempts 9–10goals 0–1

  4. Talbot – Bordeleau – Cliche11:34

    xG 0.38–0.93 (29%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenoit – Holden5:03

    xG 0.60–0.12 (83%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  2. Guenin – Wilson2:01

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Guenin – Holden7:33

    xG 0.26–0.20 (57%)attempts 6–7goals 1–0

San Jose Sharks

Forward lines

  1. bestMarleau – Havlat – Couture10:42

    xG 0.57–0.49 (54%)attempts 7–6goals 2–0

  2. Kennedy – Desjardins – Kearns7:50

    xG 0.45–0.37 (55%)attempts 10–5goals 0–1

  3. Sheppard – Wingels – Hertl12:17

    xG 0.38–0.68 (36%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBoyle – Irwin7:33

    xG 1.10–0.33 (77%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Hannan – Demers2:41

    xG 0.17–0.01 (93%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Boyle – Demers2:59

    xG 0.15–0.02 (87%)attempts 4–1goals 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.

SJS 4.2 xGCOL 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SJSCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 25/100 · #870 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.80 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SJS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, San Jose Sharks win this game 75% of the time.

SJS winsCOL wins

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

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