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Sun, Nov 5, 2017·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Colorado Avalanche 4, New York Islanders 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 61% of the time.

NYI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL012211212435
NYI2839111628

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:05NYIScott MayfieldAssists: Calvin de Haan, Josh Bailey · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 12:58NYIJordan EberleAssists: Mathew Barzal, Johnny Boychuk · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:40COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Erik Johnson, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.26 xG1–2
  4. P2 1:33NYINick LeddyPPAssists: Mathew Barzal, John Tavares · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 4:24NYINick LeddyPPAssists: Josh Bailey, Mathew Barzal · Slap, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P2 9:46NYIJohnny BoychukGWGAssists: Nick Leddy, Mathew Barzal · Snap, 0.03 xG1–5
  7. P2 13:02COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Tyson Barrie · Deflected, 0.11 xG2–5
  8. P3 1:23NYIJordan EberleAssists: Mathew Barzal, Scott Mayfield · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–6
  9. P3 19:30COLAlexander KerfootAssists: Sven Andrighetto, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.16 xG3–6
  10. P3 19:51COLAlexander KerfootAssists: Sven Andrighetto, Rocco Grimaldi · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:06NYIScott Mayfield: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 1:23COLCarl Soderberg: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:56COLAlexander Kerfoot: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 4:43NYIAndrew Ladd: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:39NYIJosh Bailey: Interference2 min
  6. P3 5:05NYIScott Mayfield: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 5:05COLNikita Zadorov: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 9:28NYIRyan Pulock: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Tavares
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLNYI
35Shots on goal28
2.6Expected goals1.9
62Shot attempts56
32Faceoffs won41
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
23Hits18
16Blocked shots17
8Giveaways14
5Takeaways3

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. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen15:21

    xG 1.08–0.33 (76%)attempts 25–10goals 2–1

  2. Grimaldi – Kerfoot – Andrighetto3:02

    xG 0.41–0.25 (62%)attempts 6–3goals 2–0

  3. Soderberg – Bourque – Grimaldi3:16

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Soderberg – Bourque2:04

    xG 0.03–0.02 (62%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Barrie5:31

    xG 0.59–0.10 (85%)attempts 14–1goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Barberio9:46

    xG 0.54–0.23 (70%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

  3. Barrie – Zadorov2:57

    xG 0.26–0.18 (58%)attempts 2–3goals 2–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestClutterbuck – Kulemin – Cizikas7:34

    xG 0.36–0.08 (82%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Ladd – Eberle – Barzal10:26

    xG 0.57–0.34 (63%)attempts 14–8goals 3–1

  3. Bailey – Tavares – Lee12:11

    xG 0.30–0.46 (39%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  4. Chimera – Nelson – Beauvillier9:24

    xG 0.29–0.52 (36%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeidenberg – Pulock13:48

    xG 0.46–0.37 (55%)attempts 13–9goals 0–1

  2. Boychuk – Leddy17:48

    xG 0.67–0.66 (50%)attempts 22–18goals 2–1

  3. de Haan – Mayfield12:39

    xG 0.48–0.76 (39%)attempts 9–14goals 2–2

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 1.9 xGCOL 2.6 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 76/100 · #331 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 61% 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).