Sun, Dec 13, 2015·Scottrade Center, St. Louis
Colorado Avalanche 3, St. Louis Blues 1
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 70% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 26 | 06 | 16 | 318 |
| STL | 08 | 017 | 118 | 143 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 6:09COLJack SkilleAssists: Mikhail Grigorenko · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–0
- P1 11:50COLJohn MitchellGWGAssists: Alex Tanguay, Brandon Gormley · Wrist, 0.20 xG2–0
- P3 12:55STLVladimir TarasenkoPPAssists: David Backes, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.21 xG2–1
- P3 19:38COLCarl SoderbergENAssists: Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.60 xG3–1
Penalties (3)
- P1 12:19STLRyan Reaves: Holding2 min
- P1 13:58STLScottie Upshall: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- P3 12:34COLAlex Tanguay: Hooking2 min · PPG
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 Steen
- 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
- bestDuchene – Landeskog – MacKinnon13:52
xG 0.50–0.31 (61%)attempts 14–17goals 0–0
- McLeod – Skille – Grigorenko7:19
xG 0.24–0.18 (57%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0
- Iginla – Tanguay – Mitchell10:49
xG 0.58–0.83 (41%)attempts 8–17goals 1–0
- Comeau – Soderberg – Martinsen12:07
xG 0.06–0.34 (14%)attempts 4–11goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestJohnson – Holden2:27
xG 0.28–0.05 (85%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0
- Guenin – Gormley8:26
xG 0.56–0.38 (59%)attempts 8–13goals 2–0
- Beauchemin – Johnson20:39
xG 0.33–0.50 (40%)attempts 9–21goals 0–0
St. Louis Blues
Forward lines
- bestStastny – Paajarvi – Tarasenko13:38
xG 0.92–0.19 (83%)attempts 19–9goals 0–0
- Lehtera – Jaskin – Fabbri13:19
xG 0.71–0.58 (55%)attempts 19–7goals 0–1
- Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves7:12
xG 0.15–0.19 (45%)attempts 8–5goals 0–1
- Steen – Backes – Brouwer11:57
xG 0.21–0.42 (33%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGunnarsson – Parayko12:23
xG 0.97–0.14 (87%)attempts 17–5goals 0–0
- Shattenkirk – Lindbohm12:16
xG 0.34–0.20 (63%)attempts 16–8goals 0–1
- Shattenkirk – Parayko2:43
xG 0.17–0.06 (75%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0
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.
STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 70% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (STL − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).