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Wed, Jan 25, 2017·Pepsi Center, Denver

Vancouver Canucks 3, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN120111110341
COL09110113232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:55VANSven BaertschiAssists: Bo Horvat, Luca Sbisa · Backhand, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:04VANMarkus GranlundUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 16:28COLMikko RantanenAssists: Nikita Zadorov, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.34 xG2–1
  4. P3 6:18COLMatt NietoAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P3 11:46VANSven BaertschiPPGWGAssists: Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 18:33VANLoui Eriksson: Hooking2 min
  2. P3 7:54VANAlex Biega: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  3. P3 10:44COLGabriel Landeskog: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 19:27COLGabriel Landeskog: Slashing2 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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANCOL
41Shots on goal32
2.2Expected goals2.1
58Shot attempts59
28Faceoffs won36
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
14Hits17
8Blocked shots12
2Giveaways10
6Takeaways6

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSkille – Chaput – Gaunce7:40

    xG 0.52–0.22 (71%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  2. Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson14:51

    xG 0.59–0.34 (64%)attempts 24–10goals 0–0

  3. Sutter – Granlund – Megna13:02

    xG 0.32–0.20 (62%)attempts 7–11goals 1–0

  4. Burrows – Baertschi – Horvat11:57

    xG 0.27–0.78 (26%)attempts 9–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEdler – Stecher19:00

    xG 0.78–0.48 (62%)attempts 22–10goals 0–0

  2. Sbisa – Tanev16:00

    xG 0.38–0.69 (36%)attempts 17–19goals 2–2

  3. Biega – Tryamkin14:35

    xG 0.25–0.72 (26%)attempts 11–22goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestGrigorenko – MacKinnon – Rantanen13:24

    xG 0.79–0.22 (79%)attempts 14–16goals 1–0

  2. Duchene – Nieto – Landeskog11:02

    xG 0.45–0.41 (53%)attempts 15–10goals 1–1

  3. Comeau – Soderberg – Martinsen12:40

    xG 0.28–0.45 (38%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  4. Iginla – Mitchell – Colborne10:34

    xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTyutin – Zadorov16:41

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  2. Beauchemin – Goloubef18:31

    xG 0.65–0.66 (49%)attempts 22–18goals 0–1

  3. Beauchemin – Wiercioch2:10

    xG 0.03–0.09 (28%)attempts 2–4goals 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 2.1 xGVAN 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 71/100 · #317 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 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 51% of the time.

COL winsVAN wins

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

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

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