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Thu, Feb 22, 2018·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 2, Edmonton Oilers 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 78% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL081121901230
EDM01921301113346

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:45EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Matt Benning, Connor McDavid · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 14:33EDMZack KassianAssists: Mark Letestu · Snap, 0.29 xG0–2
  3. P2 19:41COLSamuel GirardAssists: Carl Soderberg · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:50COLColin WilsonAssists: Tyson Jost, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:19EDMConnor McDavidGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Oscar Klefbom · Snap, 0.30 xG2–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 14:56COLTyson Jost: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 8:18EDMAdam Larsson: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:23COLJ.T. Compher: 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 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
30Shots on goal46
2.4Expected goals4.3
61Shot attempts81
22Faceoffs won24
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
31Hits43
18Blocked shots19
11Giveaways17
6Takeaways10

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. bestWilson – Kerfoot – Compher6:27

    xG 0.61–0.09 (87%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Nieto – MacKinnon4:29

    xG 0.25–0.20 (55%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Wilson – Kerfoot – Jost4:37

    xG 0.13–0.16 (45%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  4. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto8:04

    xG 0.23–0.53 (30%)attempts 8–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWarsofsky – Siemens7:20

    xG 0.54–0.30 (64%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  2. Siemens – Girard2:09

    xG 0.10–0.05 (68%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Nemeth2:28

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Draisaitl – McDavid15:04

    xG 1.73–0.36 (83%)attempts 25–17goals 1–1

  2. Letestu – Kassian – Puljujarvi11:36

    xG 0.70–0.03 (95%)attempts 17–3goals 1–0

  3. Cammalleri – Strome – Slepyshev11:49

    xG 0.47–0.80 (37%)attempts 15–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Nurse17:01

    xG 1.22–0.39 (76%)attempts 27–16goals 0–0

  2. Russell – Klefbom12:08

    xG 0.93–0.71 (57%)attempts 17–14goals 0–1

  3. Davidson – Benning8:30

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

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 4.3 xGCOL 2.4 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 61/100 · #503 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +25 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 78% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

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