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Fri, Oct 30, 2015·PNC Arena, Raleigh

Colorado Avalanche 2, Carolina Hurricanes 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 75% of the time.

CAR winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL01117114232
CAR0721316326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:49COLAlex TanguayAssists: Mikhail Grigorenko, Nathan MacKinnon · Snap, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 12:00CARVictor RaskAssists: Kris Versteeg, Ryan Murphy · Tip-in, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:54CARJustin FaulkPPAssists: Ryan Murphy, Kris Versteeg · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:07CARJeff SkinnerGWGAssists: Riley Nash, Brett Pesce · Snap, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:28COLCarl SoderbergAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Blake Comeau · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 7:19CARVictor Rask: Interference2 min
  2. P1 8:49CARJohn-Michael Liles: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P1 18:20COLErik Johnson: Interference2 min
  4. P2 2:39COLBrandon Gormley: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 9:32CAREric Staal: Interference2 min
  6. P2 13:21COLJohn Mitchell: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P3 13:40COLGabriel Landeskog: Interference2 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 SOG0CAR
47% to win54% to win
← COL attackCAR 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.

COLCAR
32Shots on goal26
3.9Expected goals2.4
51Shot attempts61
23Faceoffs won27
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits13
22Blocked shots6
10Giveaways8
11Takeaways5

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 – Tanguay – MacKinnon10:34

    xG 0.44–0.26 (63%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  2. Mitchell – McLeod – Grigorenko5:35

    xG 0.06–0.08 (41%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Soderberg – Everberg7:42

    xG 0.69–0.95 (42%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

  4. Skille – Duchene – Landeskog10:52

    xG 0.18–0.50 (27%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGormley – Zadorov8:43

    xG 0.79–0.00 (100%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Holden – Barrie15:38

    xG 0.72–0.81 (47%)attempts 11–21goals 0–1

  3. Beauchemin – Johnson14:07

    xG 0.52–0.71 (42%)attempts 13–16goals 0–0

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestStaal – Versteeg – Rask10:59

    xG 0.66–0.49 (57%)attempts 13–12goals 1–0

  2. Terry – Nash – Skinner4:40

    xG 0.27–0.22 (55%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. McClement – Malone – McGinn4:06

    xG 0.08–0.12 (39%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Gerbe – Staal – McGinn2:09

    xG 0.01–0.11 (10%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHainsey – Faulk12:32

    xG 0.70–0.33 (68%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Liles – Pesce16:28

    xG 0.39–0.44 (47%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Murphy – Hanifin11:07

    xG 0.70–0.99 (41%)attempts 13–9goals 2–1

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.

CAR 2.4 xGCOL 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CARCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 40/100 · #738 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.35 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CAR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 75% of the time.

CAR winsCOL wins

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

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