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Sun, Dec 27, 2015·Pepsi Center, Denver

Arizona Coyotes 2, Colorado Avalanche 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 52% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
ARI080121612228
COL1140901303139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 17:07COLJarome IginlaPPAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, John Mitchell · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:34ARIMichael StoneAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Antoine Vermette · Slap, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:17ARIMikkel BoedkerGWGAssists: Brad Richardson, Anders Lindback · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 2:00ARIKlas Dahlbeck: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 5:15COLErik Johnson: Interference2 min
  3. P1 16:15ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
  4. P1 16:15COLAlex Tanguay: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 17:48COLTyson Barrie: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 12:23ARISteve Downie: Instigator misconduct10 min
  7. P2 12:23COLAndreas Martinsen: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 12:23ARISteve Downie: Instigator2 min
  9. P2 12:23ARISteve Downie: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 17:15COLCarl Soderberg: Holding2 min
  11. P2 19:52COLGabriel Landeskog: Cross checking2 min
  12. P2 19:52ARIAntoine Vermette: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 0:30COLErik Johnson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  14. P3 0:30ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Embellishment2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICOL
28Shots on goal39
1.9Expected goals2.1
53Shot attempts68
27Faceoffs won34
3Power plays3
27Penalty minutes17
20Hits21
20Blocked shots14
1Giveaways7
8Takeaways8

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBoedker – Tikhonov – Domi3:54

    xG 0.19–0.11 (64%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  2. Chipchura – Downie – Scott4:19

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Tikhonov – Duclair – Domi2:40

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Doan – Richardson – Martinook12:37

    xG 0.29–0.34 (46%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGrossmann – Stone13:37

    xG 0.65–0.29 (69%)attempts 15–13goals 0–0

  2. Ekman-Larsson – Murphy18:14

    xG 0.36–0.36 (50%)attempts 12–19goals 0–0

  3. Elliott – Dahlbeck10:02

    xG 0.16–0.43 (27%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Soderberg – Martinsen10:01

    xG 0.34–0.03 (92%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Tanguay – MacKinnon10:35

    xG 0.48–0.18 (73%)attempts 17–10goals 0–0

  3. McLeod – Skille – Grigorenko6:19

    xG 0.24–0.13 (65%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – Duchene – Landeskog10:45

    xG 0.21–0.55 (28%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Johnson16:46

    xG 0.52–0.40 (57%)attempts 19–14goals 0–0

  2. Redmond – Gormley10:03

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Holden2:31

    xG 0.12–0.08 (59%)attempts 2–1goals 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 2.1 xGARI 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #755 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.34 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 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 52% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

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

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