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Fri, Mar 18, 2016·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Colorado Avalanche 4, Calgary Flames 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 63% of the time.

CGY winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL1915112021428
CGY18213011010333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:20CGYMatt StajanAssists: Jyrki Jokipakka, TJ Brodie · Deflected, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:19COLErik JohnsonAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:17CGYMark GiordanoSHAssists: Josh Jooris, Lance Bouma · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:47CGYFreddie HamiltonSHAssists: Lance Bouma · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–3
  5. P2 8:33COLTyson BarrieAssists: Mikhail Grigorenko, Jarome Iginla · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:09COLCarl SoderbergAssists: Shawn Matthias, Chris Bigras · Wrist, 0.37 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. CGY Joe Colborne stopped
  2. 2. COL Erik Johnson stopped
  3. 3. CGY Johnny Gaudreau stopped
  4. 4. COL Mikkel Boedker scored
  5. 5. CGY Sean Monahan stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 4:36CGYDeryk Engelland: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 9:51COLShawn Matthias: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 0:29COLBlake Comeau: High sticking2 min
  4. OT 3:28CGYJoni Ortio: Tripping2 min
  5. OT 3:28CGYDougie Hamilton: Misconduct10 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CGY
47% to win54% to win
← COL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Mitchell won the faceoff against Monahan
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCGY
28Shots on goal33
3.7Expected goals2.9
50Shot attempts68
24Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes14
17Hits20
24Blocked shots11
11Giveaways11
8Takeaways10

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestIginla – Mitchell – Grigorenko12:36

    xG 1.40–0.29 (83%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Soderberg – Skille – Matthias4:08

    xG 0.81–0.29 (74%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  3. Comeau – Boedker – MacKinnon14:18

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  4. McLeod – Skille – MacKinnon2:26

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBeauchemin – Johnson16:04

    xG 1.17–0.40 (74%)attempts 14–13goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Bigras3:45

    xG 0.73–0.06 (92%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

  3. Gelinas – Bigras5:40

    xG 0.16–0.04 (81%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestStajan – Bollig – Jooris9:11

    xG 0.37–0.08 (82%)attempts 10–6goals 1–0

  2. Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan11:52

    xG 0.54–0.25 (68%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Bouma – Hamilton – Hathaway8:46

    xG 0.30–0.10 (74%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  4. Frolik – Backlund – Colborne12:38

    xG 0.17–1.21 (13%)attempts 8–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJokipakka – Nakladal11:28

    xG 0.39–0.05 (88%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Brodie – Hamilton16:13

    xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 21–8goals 0–0

  3. Engelland – Brodie3:04

    xG 0.00–0.43 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 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.

CGY 2.9 xGCOL 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CGY's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CGY is favoured, below it COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 79/100 · #241 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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 63% of the time.

CGY winsCOL wins

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

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