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Fri, Dec 16, 2016·Pepsi Center, Denver

Florida Panthers 3, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 56% of the time.

COL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA071927323
COL08111012131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:11COLFedor TyutinAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P2 16:10FLAJason DemersAssists: Seth Griffith, Aleksander Barkov · Wrist, 0.36 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:37FLAReilly SmithSHGWGAssists: Derek MacKenzie, Jason Demers · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 10:49FLAMike MathesonAssists: Colton Sceviour, Mark Pysyk · Tip-in, 0.01 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:14FLAAaron Ekblad: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:47FLAShawn Thornton: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 12:46COLTyson Barrie: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 1:09FLASeth Griffith: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 1:09COLGabriel Landeskog: Embellishment2 min
  6. P2 3:39FLAJaromir Jagr: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 7:55FLAJussi Jokinen: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 17:38COLGabriel Landeskog: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 5:59FLAJaromir Jagr: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 13:44FLAAaron Ekblad: Hooking2 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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
44% to win56% to win
← FLA attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Trocheck won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACOL
23Shots on goal31
1.7Expected goals1.9
39Shot attempts53
16Faceoffs won43
2Power plays6
14Penalty minutes6
16Hits20
11Blocked shots9
1Giveaways3
13Takeaways10

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Griffith – Barkov10:55

    xG 0.84–0.16 (84%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Thornton – MacKenzie – Thompson3:53

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Jokinen – Bjugstad – Rau7:19

    xG 0.04–0.25 (14%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Sceviour – Smith – Trocheck9:43

    xG 0.09–0.38 (19%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad12:40

    xG 0.65–0.38 (63%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Yandle – Demers2:15

    xG 0.12–0.02 (84%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Pysyk – Matheson12:14

    xG 0.14–0.22 (39%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Grigorenko – Rantanen8:41

    xG 0.25–0.04 (85%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Mitchell – Comeau6:42

    xG 0.31–0.35 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Soderberg – McLeod – Martinsen3:01

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Bourque – Landeskog – MacKinnon7:53

    xG 0.14–0.48 (23%)attempts 5–7goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Zadorov3:01

    xG 0.16–0.01 (97%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  2. Tyutin – Barrie9:23

    xG 0.34–0.40 (46%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Gelinas7:27

    xG 0.04–0.21 (17%)attempts 3–10goals 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 1.9 xGFLA 1.7 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 46/100 · #612 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.48 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 19% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 56% of the time.

COL winsFLA wins

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

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