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Tue, Mar 7, 2017·Pepsi Center, Denver

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 77% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR1801107126
COL092917325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:08CARJustin FaulkAssists: Jeff Skinner, Jaccob Slavin · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:18COLGabriel LandeskogPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Mark Barberio · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:04COLTyson BarrieGWGAssists: Sven Andrighetto, Fedor Tyutin · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:10COLNathan MacKinnonENAssists: Blake Comeau, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.70 xG1–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 1:56COLBlake Comeau: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 11:47COLFrancois Beauchemin: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 16:20CARDerek Ryan: Hooking2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCOL
26Shots on goal25
1.4Expected goals2.7
45Shot attempts47
17Faceoffs won29
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
5Hits13
9Blocked shots10
3Giveaways4
6Takeaways9

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestRask – Teravainen – Aho5:26

    xG 0.36–0.05 (88%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Stempniak – Skinner – Ryan6:59

    xG 0.25–0.06 (82%)attempts 9–3goals 1–1

  3. Skinner – Rask – Lindholm4:50

    xG 0.19–0.02 (89%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Teravainen – Aho3:32

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Slavin15:53

    xG 0.72–0.64 (53%)attempts 21–10goals 1–0

  2. Faulk – Hanifin2:23

    xG 0.05–0.03 (63%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Dahlbeck – Tennyson2:07

    xG 0.01–0.02 (32%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestBourque – Landeskog – MacKinnon13:10

    xG 0.80–0.21 (79%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Soderberg – Nieto – Grigorenko9:58

    xG 0.38–0.14 (74%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Andrighetto – Rantanen13:17

    xG 0.14–0.35 (29%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

  4. Mitchell – Comeau – Compher9:38

    xG 0.24–0.50 (32%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Barberio11:27

    xG 0.73–0.49 (60%)attempts 15–11goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Wiercioch11:01

    xG 0.27–0.07 (79%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Johnson5:37

    xG 0.02–0.03 (34%)attempts 1–1goals 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 2.7 xGCAR 1.4 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 20/100 · #954 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.04 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 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 77% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

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

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