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Thu, Oct 9, 2014·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Colorado Avalanche 0, Minnesota Wild 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 92% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL050803016
MIN117421010548

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:54MINJason PominvilleGWGAssists: Mikael Granlund, Ryan Suter · Wrist, 0.29 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:37MINJared SpurgeonAssists: Zach Parise, Jason Pominville · Snap, 0.15 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:01MINZach PariseAssists: Mikael Granlund · Backhand, 0.25 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:21MINNino NiederreiterUnassisted · Deflected, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P2 16:58MINRyan SuterAssists: Zach Parise, Charlie Coyle · Slap, 0.04 xG0–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:51MINRyan Carter: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 6:30MINMarco Scandella: Interference2 min
  3. P1 8:53COLBrad Stuart: Holding2 min
  4. P2 6:56COLErik Johnson: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 6:56MINRyan Carter: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:05MINMathew Dumba: Holding2 min
  7. P2 18:55COLErik Johnson: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 8:32COLGabriel Landeskog: Boarding2 min
  9. P3 8:32MINJason Zucker: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 15:07MINRyan Carter: Roughing2 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 SOG0MIN
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Koivu
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLMIN
16Shots on goal48
1.3Expected goals4.4
29Shot attempts78
23Faceoffs won32
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes12
20Hits13
9Blocked shots6
6Giveaways4
4Takeaways10

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. bestMcLeod – Cliche – Everberg6:15

    xG 0.74–0.15 (83%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Tanguay – Duchene4:59

    xG 0.08–0.06 (59%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – O'Reilly – Duchene4:36

    xG 0.06–0.10 (38%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. O'Reilly – Landeskog – MacKinnon4:24

    xG 0.11–0.26 (29%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stuart – Hejda2:30

    xG 0.13–0.14 (49%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Holden2:45

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Barrie2:46

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestPominville – Parise – Granlund10:41

    xG 1.54–0.00 (100%)attempts 24–2goals 2–0

  2. Brodziak – Carter – Zucker8:01

    xG 0.56–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 0–0

  3. Haula – Coyle – Niederreiter6:37

    xG 0.70–0.65 (52%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  4. Cooke – Koivu – Vanek8:10

    xG 0.15–0.28 (36%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Brodin14:09

    xG 1.59–0.19 (90%)attempts 22–5goals 2–0

  2. Scandella – Spurgeon13:00

    xG 1.37–0.07 (95%)attempts 24–6goals 2–0

  3. Dumba – Folin12:15

    xG 0.11–0.77 (13%)attempts 7–10goals 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.

MIN 4.4 xGCOL 1.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1142 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50MIN 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, Minnesota Wild win this game 92% of the time.

MIN winsCOL wins

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

-7
-6
-5
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-3
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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