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Thu, Feb 1, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 56% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL0103150313431
EDM0811221200332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 3:04COLNikita ZadorovUnassisted · Snap, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:52COLSamuel GirardPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog · Slap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:11EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Michael Cammalleri · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–1
  4. P2 19:31COLBlake ComeauSHUnassisted · Backhand, 0.21 xG3–1
  5. P3 6:52EDMDrake CaggiulaAssists: Ryan Strome, Matt Benning · Deflected, 0.07 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:32EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Kris Russell · Slap, 0.28 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:28COLJ.T. CompherGWGAssists: Tyson Barrie, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.10 xG4–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:07COLSamuel Girard: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 6:15EDMDarnell Nurse: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 19:02COLMikko Rantanen: Holding2 min
  4. P3 15:30COLBlake Comeau: 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Strome won the faceoff against Compher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
31Shots on goal32
2.7Expected goals3.0
58Shot attempts63
25Faceoffs won26
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
26Hits30
18Blocked shots20
11Giveaways12
6Takeaways11

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. bestBourque – Yakupov – Toninato7:27

    xG 0.35–0.07 (83%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Wilson – Compher – Jost12:57

    xG 0.29–0.25 (54%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto11:32

    xG 0.15–0.40 (28%)attempts 4–13goals 0–0

  4. Landeskog – Kerfoot – Rantanen11:24

    xG 0.37–0.79 (32%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Zadorov13:35

    xG 0.27–0.15 (64%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Zadorov4:37

    xG 0.16–0.12 (57%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  3. Barrie – Lindholm9:56

    xG 0.45–0.46 (49%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestMaroon – Strome – Caggiula13:03

    xG 0.65–0.22 (75%)attempts 12–10goals 1–0

  2. Cammalleri – Draisaitl – McDavid12:27

    xG 0.80–0.44 (64%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  3. Lucic – Khaira – Puljujarvi11:26

    xG 0.61–0.33 (65%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  4. Letestu – Kassian – Slepyshev6:28

    xG 0.00–0.28 (0%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlefbom – Benning15:44

    xG 1.56–0.40 (80%)attempts 28–10goals 2–0

  2. Russell – Klefbom2:07

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Davidson – Nurse15:30

    xG 0.23–0.55 (30%)attempts 7–20goals 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.

EDM 3.0 xGCOL 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #104 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.47 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +53 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 56% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).