Thu, Jan 14, 2016·Pepsi Center, Denver
New Jersey Devils 0, Colorado Avalanche 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 74% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJD | 05 | 08 | 014 | 027 |
| COL | 18 | 111 | 17 | 326 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 0:51COLMatt DucheneGWGAssists: Nick Holden, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
- P2 7:55COLTyson BarrieSHAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–2
- P3 19:32COLCarl SoderbergENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.74 xG0–3
Penalties (5)
- P1 10:01COLGabriel Landeskog: Holding2 min
- P1 15:49NJDTyler Kennedy: Hooking2 min
- P1 19:00COLChris Bigras: Hooking2 min
- P2 5:56COLNick Holden: Holding2 min
- P3 14:37NJDMarc-Andre Gragnani: Tripping2 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 20:00Soderberg won the faceoff against Zajac
- 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.
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- bestHenrique – Palmieri – Blandisi4:21
xG 0.50–0.05 (90%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0
- Zajac – Palmieri – Kalinin2:37
xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0
- Ruutu – Gionta – Matteau2:40
xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
- Ruutu – Stempniak – Zajac2:19
xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGreene – Larsson13:39
xG 0.57–0.40 (58%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0
- Gragnani – Merrill3:47
xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0
- Gelinas – Merrill3:56
xG 0.15–0.12 (56%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0
Colorado Avalanche
Forward lines
- bestTanguay – Duchene – MacKinnon10:47
xG 0.90–0.60 (60%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0
- Mitchell – McLeod – Skille10:04
xG 0.11–0.17 (40%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0
- Comeau – Soderberg – Landeskog9:28
xG 0.03–0.13 (21%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0
- Iginla – Wagner – Martinsen9:39
xG 0.06–0.21 (23%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHolden – Barrie13:47
xG 0.32–0.19 (63%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0
- Beauchemin – Zadorov13:55
xG 0.36–0.24 (60%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0
- Redmond – Bigras12:04
xG 0.20–0.10 (67%)attempts 8–5goals 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.
COL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line COL is favoured, below it NJD. 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 74% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (COL − NJD), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).