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Wed, Oct 21, 2015·Pepsi Center, Denver

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Colorado Avalanche 0 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CAR05050811119
COL09070901026

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. OT 1:49CARVictor RaskGWGAssists: Ryan Murphy · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:16COLGabriel Landeskog: Interference2 min
  2. P1 1:48CARRyan Murphy: Slashing2 min
  3. P1 5:23COLCarl Soderberg: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 10:44CARBrock McGinn: Charging2 min
  5. P1 15:44CARMichal Jordan: Holding2 min
  6. P1 18:44CARNoah Hanifin: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 6:45COLJohn Mitchell: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 11:32COLFrancois Beauchemin: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 0:46COLBlake Comeau: 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
47% to win54% to win
← CAR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCOL
19Shots on goal26
1.7Expected goals1.8
47Shot attempts52
25Faceoffs won29
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
8Hits10
17Blocked shots15
1Giveaways2
8Takeaways7

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. bestStaal – Versteeg – McGinn8:27

    xG 0.25–0.14 (64%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm8:05

    xG 0.20–0.10 (68%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Terry – Malone5:41

    xG 0.10–0.02 (82%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Gerbe – Staal – Nestrasil6:47

    xG 0.17–0.11 (60%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Hanifin8:49

    xG 0.32–0.21 (60%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Hainsey – Faulk15:26

    xG 0.30–0.21 (59%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

  3. Liles – Jordan12:28

    xG 0.25–0.29 (46%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestTanguay – Landeskog – MacKinnon11:22

    xG 0.20–0.08 (72%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. McLeod – Skille – Grigorenko5:31

    xG 0.23–0.13 (64%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Iginla – Duchene – Rantanen9:28

    xG 0.25–0.38 (39%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – Comeau – Soderberg9:49

    xG 0.05–0.20 (19%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Johnson12:52

    xG 0.28–0.16 (64%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Gormley – Zadorov2:58

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Guenin – Zadorov9:13

    xG 0.04–0.09 (28%)attempts 5–5goals 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 1.8 xGCAR 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 12/100 · #1085 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.02 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 51% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

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

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