Sat, Nov 15, 2014·Prudential Center, Newark
Colorado Avalanche 3, New Jersey Devils 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 62% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 17 | 010 | 212 | 329 |
| NJD | 17 | 07 | 111 | 225 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 2:04NJDMartin HavlatAssists: Michael Ryder, Patrik Elias · Snap, 0.22 xG0–1
- P1 8:11COLJohn MitchellAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Jarome Iginla · Snap, 0.19 xG1–1
- P3 8:21NJDEric GelinasAssists: Patrik Elias · Snap, 0.01 xG1–2
- P3 12:30COLErik JohnsonUnassisted · Snap, 0.02 xG2–2
- P3 17:07COLMatt DucheneGWGAssists: Tyson Barrie, Alex Tanguay · Snap, 0.38 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
- P1 16:06NJDMarek Zidlicky: Hooking2 min
- P2 11:36NJDEric Gelinas: High sticking double minor4 min
- P2 16:53COLMarc-Andre Cliche: Tripping2 min
- P3 17:26COLJan Hejda: Slashing2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Duchene
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestTanguay – O'Reilly – Duchene10:58
xG 0.62–0.33 (65%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0
- Talbot – McLeod – Cliche8:59
xG 0.14–0.14 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0
- Iginla – Mitchell – Landeskog12:34
xG 0.60–0.75 (44%)attempts 11–7goals 1–1
- Brière – McGinn – MacKinnon11:05
xG 0.26–0.90 (22%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestHejda – Johnson19:55
xG 0.87–0.48 (65%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0
- Guenin – Barrie12:13
xG 0.68–0.42 (62%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0
- Johnson – Barrie3:00
xG 0.02–0.23 (7%)attempts 1–3goals 1–0
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- bestZubrus – Bernier – Gionta9:18
xG 0.42–0.12 (77%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0
- Elias – Ryder – Havlat11:06
xG 1.23–0.94 (57%)attempts 12–10goals 2–2
- Ruutu – Josefson – Brunner7:40
xG 0.32–0.10 (76%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1
- Jagr – Cammalleri – Zajac14:26
xG 0.18–0.52 (26%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestZidlicky – Gelinas14:27
xG 1.12–0.42 (73%)attempts 13–12goals 2–0
- Helgeson – Larsson13:58
xG 0.60–0.28 (69%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0
- Greene – Severson16:20
xG 0.63–0.33 (65%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it COL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 62% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NJD − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).