Wed, Jan 20, 2016·Pepsi Center, Denver
Buffalo Sabres 1, Colorado Avalanche 2
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 56% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 010 | 113 | 05 | 128 |
| COL | 09 | 08 | 218 | 235 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 16:38BUFEvander KanePPAssists: Jack Eichel, Ryan O'Reilly · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
- P3 9:23COLAlex TanguayAssists: Carl Soderberg, Francois Beauchemin · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–1
- P3 19:28COLFrancois BeaucheminGWGAssists: Alex Tanguay · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
- P1 13:52COLChris Bigras: Slashing2 min
- P2 11:42BUFJosh Gorges: Interference2 min
- P2 15:41COLNick Holden: High sticking2 min · PPG
- P3 4:51BUFEvander Kane: High sticking double minor4 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 20:00O'Reilly won the faceoff against Soderberg
- 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.
Buffalo Sabres
Forward lines
- bestGionta – Foligno – Larsson11:30
xG 0.40–0.16 (71%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0
- O'Reilly – Kane – Reinhart6:45
xG 0.25–0.08 (75%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0
- Legwand – Moulson – Schaller3:27
xG 0.10–0.03 (77%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
- McGinn – Varone – Eichel2:40
xG 0.07–0.12 (36%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBogosian – Ristolainen19:28
xG 0.80–0.62 (56%)attempts 11–15goals 0–0
- Gorges – Pysyk15:08
xG 0.34–0.23 (59%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0
- Franson – Weber10:36
xG 0.13–0.23 (36%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0
Colorado Avalanche
Forward lines
- bestTanguay – Duchene – MacKinnon13:13
xG 0.61–0.18 (77%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0
- Mitchell – McLeod – Skille7:53
xG 0.25–0.18 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0
- Iginla – Grigorenko – Martinsen4:04
xG 0.08–0.15 (35%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0
- Comeau – Soderberg – Landeskog13:04
xG 0.15–0.34 (30%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestBeauchemin – Zadorov16:43
xG 0.60–0.38 (61%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0
- Beauchemin – Holden2:31
xG 0.07–0.02 (80%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0
- Holden – Barrie14:47
xG 0.54–0.63 (47%)attempts 15–13goals 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 BUF. 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, Buffalo Sabres win this game 56% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (COL − BUF), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).