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Sun, Apr 13, 2014·Honda Center, Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 2, Anaheim Ducks 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 72% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL1911001200231
ANA0901521012336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:11COLBrad MaloneAssists: Nick Holden, Ryan Wilson · Tip-in, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:51COLStefan ElliottAssists: Max Talbot, Patrick Bordeleau · Snap, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P3 1:41ANAPatrick MaroonAssists: Mathieu Perreault, Ben Lovejoy · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:54ANASaku KoivuAssists: Sami Vatanen, Andrew Cogliano · Backhand, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:33ANANick BoninoGWGAssists: Devante Smith-Pelly, Sami Vatanen · Wrist, 0.18 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 9:44ANAAndrew Cogliano: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 12:52COLNate Guenin: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 16:24COLNate Guenin: Holding2 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 SOG0ANA
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bonino won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLANA
31Shots on goal36
2.2Expected goals3.6
57Shot attempts69
30Faceoffs won32
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
24Hits16
7Blocked shots16
8Giveaways10
4Takeaways3

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. bestTalbot – Bordeleau – Cliche12:07

    xG 0.87–0.45 (66%)attempts 17–7goals 1–0

  2. Parenteau – McGinn – O'Reilly14:38

    xG 0.24–0.32 (43%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Landeskog – MacKinnon17:02

    xG 0.87–1.48 (37%)attempts 20–25goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestGuenin – Benoit6:12

    xG 0.48–0.16 (75%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Holden6:18

    xG 0.33–0.35 (48%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Guenin – Elliott6:55

    xG 0.04–0.24 (14%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestWinnik – Smith-Pelly – Rakell12:33

    xG 0.56–0.07 (88%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Koivu – Cogliano – Silfverberg11:38

    xG 0.81–0.67 (55%)attempts 16–12goals 1–1

  3. Selanne – Perreault – Maroon14:47

    xG 0.85–0.72 (54%)attempts 17–16goals 1–0

  4. Beleskey – Bonino – Palmieri11:21

    xG 0.25–0.18 (58%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSbisa – Vatanen13:51

    xG 1.08–0.17 (87%)attempts 18–7goals 2–0

  2. Lovejoy – Fowler17:11

    xG 0.97–0.87 (53%)attempts 21–23goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Lindholm18:16

    xG 0.44–0.49 (47%)attempts 15–15goals 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.

ANA 3.6 xGCOL 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 64/100 · #392 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.43 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 72% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

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

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