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Sun, Feb 12, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Colorado Avalanche 1, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1110808127
NYI11319311533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:12COLJoe ColborneAssists: Andreas Martinsen, Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:01NYINick LeddyAssists: Stephen Gionta, Casey Cizikas · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:46NYIRyan StromePPGWGAssists: John Tavares, Nick Leddy · Snap, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:21NYIAnders LeeAssists: John Tavares, Johnny Boychuk · Tip-in, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 11:22NYIAnders LeePPAssists: Johnny Boychuk, Nick Leddy · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–4
  6. P3 13:48NYIJason ChimeraAssists: Brock Nelson · Backhand, 0.14 xG1–5
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 5:28COLFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:44NYIBrock Nelson: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 6:44NYIShane Prince: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 6:44COLBlake Comeau: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 12:54COLJoe Colborne: Boarding2 min · PPG
  6. P2 14:28COLFedor Tyutin: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 17:17NYICasey Cizikas: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 5:12COLJarome Iginla: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 10:29COLBlake Comeau: Roughing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 10:29NYIShane Prince: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 10:29COLJohn Mitchell: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 10:29COLNikita Zadorov: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 10:29NYIRyan Strome: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 14:23NYICalvin de Haan: Tripping2 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 SOG0NYI
44% to win56% to win
← COL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Mitchell won the faceoff against Beauvillier
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLNYI
27Shots on goal33
2.3Expected goals2.5
51Shot attempts48
38Faceoffs won30
3Power plays5
16Penalty minutes12
10Hits13
6Blocked shots9
7Giveaways14
6Takeaways14

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 – Comeau10:50

    xG 0.59–0.31 (66%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Soderberg – Colborne – Martinsen4:34

    xG 0.16–0.06 (71%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  3. Duchene – Nieto – Grigorenko9:51

    xG 0.32–0.32 (50%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  4. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen11:57

    xG 0.45–0.60 (43%)attempts 14–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Barrie4:49

    xG 0.20–0.01 (96%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Barrie2:09

    xG 0.16–0.02 (87%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Tyutin – Barrie7:21

    xG 0.43–0.30 (59%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestChimera – Ladd – Beauvillier7:46

    xG 0.35–0.08 (82%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Tavares – Lee9:06

    xG 0.39–0.48 (45%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  3. Nelson – Prince – Strome9:18

    xG 0.23–0.45 (34%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  4. Gionta – Kulemin – Cizikas7:24

    xG 0.08–0.43 (16%)attempts 6–10goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Hickey – Pelech12:22

    xG 0.51–0.52 (50%)attempts 9–13goals 0–1

  2. Boychuk – Leddy14:04

    xG 0.54–0.58 (48%)attempts 10–14goals 3–0

  3. Seidenberg – de Haan14:44

    xG 0.47–0.69 (40%)attempts 14–12goals 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.

NYI 2.5 xGCOL 2.3 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYICOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 28/100 · #852 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 40% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 53% of the time.

NYI winsCOL wins

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

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