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Tue, Nov 25, 2014·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Colorado Avalanche 4, Arizona Coyotes 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 52% of the time.

ARI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL0911021313435
ARI3120801102333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:36ARIAntoine VermetteAssists: Michael Stone, Lauri Korpikoski · Slap, 0.06 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:20ARIMichael StoneAssists: Keith Yandle, Antoine Vermette · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P1 10:53ARITobias RiederAssists: Shane Doan · Slap, 0.05 xG0–3
  4. P2 5:49COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Erik Johnson, Jarome Iginla · Backhand, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:36COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:05COLMatt DucheneAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:16COLDaniel BrièreGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 2:35COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:35ARIB.J. Crombeen: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 0:45ARIMartin Hanzal: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:23ARISam Gagner: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 16:33COLNathan MacKinnon: Hooking2 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 SOG0ARI
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hanzal won the faceoff against Iginla
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLARI
35Shots on goal33
2.4Expected goals2.3
60Shot attempts54
30Faceoffs won27
2Power plays1
7Penalty minutes9
43Hits40
7Blocked shots18
7Giveaways5
6Takeaways8

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. bestIginla – Landeskog – MacKinnon15:11

    xG 0.91–0.26 (78%)attempts 19–14goals 2–0

  2. Brière – O'Reilly – Duchene14:17

    xG 0.54–0.46 (54%)attempts 11–13goals 1–1

  3. Talbot – Vincour – Street10:43

    xG 0.25–0.31 (45%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  4. McLeod – Cliche – Carey7:10

    xG 0.18–0.25 (42%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Barrie2:36

    xG 0.34–0.02 (93%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Hejda – Johnson18:03

    xG 0.83–0.57 (59%)attempts 19–18goals 2–1

  3. Holden – Redmond11:02

    xG 0.32–0.24 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestErat – Hanzal – Klinkhammer13:08

    xG 0.72–0.21 (77%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Crombeen – Vitale – McMillan5:42

    xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Gagner – Rieder13:13

    xG 0.35–0.46 (43%)attempts 10–15goals 1–1

  4. Vermette – Korpikoski – Boedker13:21

    xG 0.71–0.95 (43%)attempts 16–15goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Stone18:08

    xG 0.81–0.52 (61%)attempts 17–15goals 2–1

  2. Schlemko – Murphy11:36

    xG 0.33–0.31 (51%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Michalek – Ekman-Larsson19:11

    xG 0.89–0.90 (50%)attempts 20–18goals 0–2

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.

ARI 2.3 xGCOL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #159 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 52% of the time.

ARI winsCOL wins

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

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