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Sat, Nov 22, 2014·Pepsi Center, Denver

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 61% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR3100908327
COL17112216435

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:48CARJohn-Michael LilesAssists: Jeff Skinner, Eric Staal · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:10CARNathan GerbeAssists: Riley Nash, Jeff Skinner · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:52COLZach RedmondAssists: Tomas Vincour, Andrew Agozzino · Deflected, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P1 16:50CARAndrej NestrasilAssists: Riley Nash, Tim Gleason · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–1
  5. P2 8:25COLErik JohnsonAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
  6. P3 14:43COLJarome IginlaAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–3
  7. P3 18:25COLZach RedmondGWGAssists: Jarome Iginla, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–4
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 1:05CAREric Staal: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:23CARRon Hainsey: Interference2 min
  3. P2 18:10CARJustin Faulk: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 8:09CARBrad Malone: Illegal check to head2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← CAR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00McClement won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCOL
27Shots on goal35
2.0Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts61
34Faceoffs won33
0Power plays4
8Penalty minutes0
6Hits17
17Blocked shots19
2Giveaways9
8Takeaways10

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestGerbe – Nash – Nestrasil8:27

    xG 0.51–0.20 (72%)attempts 10–5goals 1–1

  2. Staal – Tlusty – Lindholm9:07

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Dwyer – Malone7:25

    xG 0.09–0.15 (39%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  4. Semin – Skinner – Rask6:45

    xG 0.08–0.37 (17%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Faulk8:05

    xG 0.58–0.24 (70%)attempts 13–6goals 1–2

  2. Liles – Gleason6:43

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Hainsey – Bellemore2:45

    xG 0.22–0.02 (93%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Landeskog – MacKinnon11:48

    xG 0.33–0.24 (58%)attempts 13–6goals 3–1

  2. Vincour – Agozzino – Street7:27

    xG 0.29–0.29 (49%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

  3. Brière – O'Reilly – Duchene13:52

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  4. Talbot – McLeod – Cliche6:49

    xG 0.27–0.43 (38%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Redmond11:45

    xG 0.40–0.28 (59%)attempts 13–7goals 2–1

  2. Johnson – Barrie2:11

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Johnson16:22

    xG 0.38–0.53 (42%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

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.

COL 2.5 xGCAR 2.0 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 82/100 · #184 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.00 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 14% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +46 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 61% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

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

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0
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+7

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