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Mon, Feb 16, 2015·Pepsi Center, Denver

Arizona Coyotes 2, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 58% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI1500112217
COL31521207534

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:54COLCody McLeodAssists: Paul Carey, Jan Hejda · Backhand, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:03COLMatt DucheneAssists: Jarome Iginla, Zach Redmond · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 9:51ARIOliver Ekman-LarssonAssists: Lucas Lessio, Kyle Chipchura · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 14:58COLNick HoldenPPGWGAssists: Zach Redmond, Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P2 7:28COLTyson BarrieAssists: Jarome Iginla, Max Talbot · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–4
  6. P2 17:18COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–5
  7. P3 2:37ARIMark ArcobelloAssists: Michael Stone, Jordan Martinook · Tip-in, 0.26 xG2–5
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 14:40ARIJoe Vitale: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  2. P1 16:13COLNathan MacKinnon: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 18:01ARITobias Rieder: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 10:35ARIKeith Yandle: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICOL
17Shots on goal34
2.1Expected goals2.5
47Shot attempts49
28Faceoffs won33
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
32Hits32
4Blocked shots17
1Giveaways6
6Takeaways10

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestGagner – Arcobello – Martinook7:48

    xG 0.76–0.05 (93%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Erat – Chipchura – Korpikoski2:11

    xG 0.45–0.05 (89%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Doan – Vermette – Lessio4:10

    xG 0.06–0.02 (77%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Erat – Vermette – Korpikoski7:48

    xG 0.09–0.09 (49%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Stone19:22

    xG 1.26–0.93 (57%)attempts 18–16goals 1–2

  2. Campbell – Gormley4:21

    xG 0.10–0.09 (54%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy7:30

    xG 0.08–0.08 (52%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Talbot – Duchene14:35

    xG 0.81–0.39 (68%)attempts 13–14goals 2–1

  2. Tanguay – Mitchell – Everberg11:17

    xG 0.43–0.35 (55%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. O'Reilly – Landeskog – MacKinnon10:28

    xG 0.39–0.46 (46%)attempts 13–10goals 1–1

  4. McLeod – Cliche – Carey10:05

    xG 0.39–0.46 (46%)attempts 6–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Redmond18:37

    xG 1.09–0.61 (64%)attempts 16–13goals 3–1

  2. Guenin – Barrie15:49

    xG 0.74–0.78 (49%)attempts 15–13goals 1–1

  3. Stuart – Holden16:18

    xG 0.16–0.43 (27%)attempts 7–14goals 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.

COL 2.5 xGARI 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 41/100 · #671 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.78 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 58% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

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

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