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Sat, Apr 9, 2016·Pepsi Center, Denver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

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

COL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA21111426531
COL01129112332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:44ANACam FowlerPPAssists: Chris Stewart, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:05ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Ryan Kesler, Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:37ANARyan GarbuttAssists: Corey Perry, Nick Ritchie · Snap, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:54COLNick HoldenAssists: Erik Johnson, Carl Soderberg · Backhand, 0.34 xG3–1
  5. P2 10:26COLJarome IginlaAssists: Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.31 xG3–2
  6. P3 11:20ANARyan GetzlafPPGWGAssists: Corey Perry, Shea Theodore · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 12:57ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Ryan Kesler, Andrew Cogliano · Slap, 0.05 xG5–2
  8. P3 18:43COLZach RedmondPPAssists: Mikhail Grigorenko, Andrew Agozzino · Slap, 0.07 xG5–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:49ANARyan Kesler: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 11:42COLAndreas Martinsen: Interference5 min · PPG
  3. P1 11:42ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 11:42COLAndreas Martinsen: Game misconduct10 min
  5. P1 19:32ANARyan Garbutt: High sticking2 min
  6. P1 19:32ANARyan Garbutt: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 11:01ANAJakob Silfverberg: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 12:35COLTyson Barrie: Interference2 min
  9. P2 17:25ANAJakob Silfverberg: Holding2 min
  10. P3 10:30COLJohn Mitchell: Slashing2 min · PPG
  11. P3 15:39ANAHampus Lindholm: High sticking double minor4 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACOL
31Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals2.4
52Shot attempts57
31Faceoffs won30
4Power plays7
16Penalty minutes19
19Hits27
19Blocked shots12
1Giveaways5
9Takeaways6

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg8:53

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 8–12goals 2–0

  2. Thompson – Wagner – Ritchie7:21

    xG 0.26–0.17 (60%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. McGinn – Stewart – Sgarbossa6:27

    xG 0.06–0.15 (29%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Getzlaf – Perry – Garbutt8:10

    xG 0.20–0.92 (18%)attempts 8–7goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm12:31

    xG 0.51–0.19 (73%)attempts 17–11goals 1–0

  2. Holzer – Theodore10:22

    xG 0.09–0.32 (21%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Despres – Fowler13:20

    xG 0.62–1.17 (35%)attempts 12–15goals 2–2

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMitchell – McLeod – Agozzino7:41

    xG 0.30–0.03 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Soderberg – Matthias7:16

    xG 0.50–0.23 (68%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  3. Iginla – Agozzino – Grigorenko2:49

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Boedker – Duchene – Landeskog8:46

    xG 0.29–0.69 (29%)attempts 11–13goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Holden7:15

    xG 0.68–0.23 (75%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  2. Beauchemin – Barrie9:56

    xG 0.66–0.53 (55%)attempts 13–11goals 1–1

  3. Redmond – Zadorov8:42

    xG 0.18–0.06 (75%)attempts 5–5goals 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 2.4 xGANA 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #275 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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