Tue, Dec 1, 2015·Prudential Center, Newark
Colorado Avalanche 2, New Jersey Devils 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 67% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 010 | 29 | 06 | 225 |
| NJD | 010 | 09 | 19 | 128 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 2:10COLMatt DucheneAssists: Erik Johnson, Reto Berra · Snap, 0.03 xG1–0
- P2 6:15COLTyson BarrieGWGAssists: Jack Skille · Snap, 0.20 xG2–0
- P3 2:09NJDKyle PalmieriAssists: Travis Zajac · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
- P1 11:08COLBlake Comeau: Boarding2 min
- P2 2:39NJDEric Gelinas: Interference2 min
- P2 7:07COLErik Johnson: Fighting5 min
- P2 7:07NJDJordin Tootoo: Fighting5 min
- P2 12:56NJDDamon Severson: Roughing2 min
- P2 12:56COLBlake Comeau: Roughing2 min
- P2 12:56COLNathan MacKinnon: Roughing2 min
- P2 15:48NJDJordin Tootoo: High sticking2 min
- P2 16:12NJDTravis Zajac: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Henrique
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestMcLeod – Skille – Wagner6:46
xG 0.33–0.16 (68%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0
- Iginla – Grigorenko – Martinsen9:10
xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0
- Mitchell – Comeau – Soderberg12:52
xG 0.06–0.19 (23%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0
- Duchene – Landeskog – MacKinnon13:40
xG 0.40–1.02 (28%)attempts 10–14goals 1–0
Defence pairs
- bestBeauchemin – Barrie5:06
xG 0.12–0.02 (88%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
- Guenin – Holden2:04
xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0
- Guenin – Johnson2:56
xG 0.06–0.03 (69%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- bestCammalleri – Zajac – Palmieri3:59
xG 0.28–0.02 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0
- Tootoo – Gionta – Farnham5:34
xG 0.19–0.05 (79%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0
- Kennedy – Josefson – Kalinin6:11
xG 0.03–0.05 (37%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0
- Elias – Stempniak – Henrique2:16
xG 0.00–0.04 (5%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGreene – Larsson16:04
xG 0.76–0.38 (67%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0
- Moore – Severson14:11
xG 0.42–0.34 (55%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1
- Gelinas – Merrill12:31
xG 0.17–0.19 (47%)attempts 5–10goals 1–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it COL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 67% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NJD − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).