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Fri, Oct 16, 2015·Honda Center, Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 3, Anaheim Ducks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 54% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1711018325
ANA01509011035

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:53COLNathan MacKinnonGWGAssists: Alex Tanguay, Nick Holden · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:11COLJack SkilleAssists: Nick Holden, Mikhail Grigorenko · Slap, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P3 19:15COLJohn MitchellENAssists: Carl Soderberg, Blake Comeau · Wrist, 0.73 xG3–0
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 9:57COLNick Holden: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 15:58ANAJakob Silfverberg: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 19:57COLCody McLeod: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 19:57ANAKevin Bieksa: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 7:24ANARyan Kesler: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 8:24COLAlex Tanguay: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 13:45COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 13:45ANATim Jackman: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 17:07COLAlex Tanguay: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 6:23COLAlex Tanguay: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 16:23COLErik Johnson: Boarding2 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
47% to win54% to win
← COL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rakell won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLANA
25Shots on goal35
2.8Expected goals2.7
44Shot attempts92
31Faceoffs won32
2Power plays5
14Penalty minutes8
21Hits20
41Blocked shots12
14Giveaways13
6Takeaways3

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. bestMcLeod – Skille – Grigorenko5:45

    xG 0.32–0.17 (66%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  2. Mitchell – Comeau – Soderberg10:48

    xG 0.30–0.34 (47%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

  3. Tanguay – Landeskog – MacKinnon9:19

    xG 0.26–0.37 (41%)attempts 6–21goals 1–0

  4. Iginla – Duchene – Rantanen9:36

    xG 0.22–0.60 (26%)attempts 6–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Barrie14:08

    xG 0.63–0.57 (53%)attempts 21–27goals 2–0

  2. Barrie – Zadorov2:29

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 0–5goals 0–0

  3. Guenin – Zadorov11:13

    xG 0.31–0.51 (38%)attempts 5–18goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestStewart – Rakell – Sekac6:33

    xG 0.40–0.04 (92%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Kesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg7:11

    xG 0.32–0.09 (78%)attempts 15–3goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Perry – Hagelin2:29

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Hagelin – Wagner2:33

    xG 0.05–0.08 (39%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDespres – Vatanen7:34

    xG 0.33–0.17 (66%)attempts 14–1goals 0–0

  2. Bieksa – Fowler4:15

    xG 0.13–0.03 (80%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Vatanen – Fowler2:23

    xG 0.21–0.19 (52%)attempts 9–2goals 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.

ANA 2.7 xGCOL 2.8 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 9/100 · #1136 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 54% 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).