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Fri, Apr 3, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 4, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 53% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1121526423
ANA211011015237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:33COLJohn MitchellAssists: Jarome Iginla, Matt Duchene · Slap, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:31ANAJiri SekacUnassisted · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 17:58ANARickard RakellAssists: Corey Perry, Jiri Sekac · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:52COLGabriel LandeskogPPAssists: Alex Tanguay, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P3 9:08COLMatt DucheneGWGAssists: Dennis Everberg, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 18:36COLDennis EverbergENAssists: Brad Stuart · Wrist, 0.57 xG4–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 12:28ANAHampus Lindholm: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 19:27COLJordan Caron: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 10:36ANASami Vatanen: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 13:04COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 13:04ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:04ANASimon Despres: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 15:50ANAJames Wisniewski: Holding2 min · PPG
  8. P3 3:10COLJarome Iginla: Holding2 min
  9. P3 12:26COLBrad Stuart: Kneeing2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLANA
23Shots on goal37
3.2Expected goals3.1
44Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won27
4Power plays3
8Penalty minutes10
28Hits21
10Blocked shots7
12Giveaways12
3Takeaways3

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 – Mitchell – Duchene11:13

    xG 0.51–0.24 (68%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  2. Tanguay – O'Reilly – Landeskog11:31

    xG 0.26–0.43 (38%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

  3. Caron – Hishon – Hamilton7:05

    xG 0.03–0.28 (11%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. McLeod – Cliche – Everberg8:50

    xG 0.06–0.63 (9%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestStuart – Barrie5:35

    xG 0.30–0.13 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Hejda – Holden3:04

    xG 0.22–0.06 (80%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Guenin – Holden2:46

    xG 0.11–0.10 (53%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestThompson – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:20

    xG 0.45–0.18 (71%)attempts 13–8goals 0–0

  2. Fleischmann – Kesler – Palmieri9:59

    xG 0.53–0.30 (64%)attempts 14–7goals 0–1

  3. Perry – Rakell – Sekac10:25

    xG 0.48–0.41 (54%)attempts 11–6goals 1–1

  4. Etem – Wagner – Noesen6:40

    xG 0.14–0.18 (44%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Lindholm15:16

    xG 0.74–0.36 (67%)attempts 17–9goals 0–1

  2. Vatanen – Fowler11:17

    xG 0.62–0.55 (53%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  3. Wisniewski – Despres12:37

    xG 0.18–0.21 (46%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

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.

ANA 3.1 xGCOL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #511 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 24% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 53% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

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

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