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Wed, Jan 16, 2019·Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa

Colorado Avalanche 2, Ottawa Senators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Ottawa Senators win this game 78% of the time.

OTT winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL08112112232
OTT01338210531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:06OTTBrady TkachukAssists: Chris Tierney, Ryan Dzingel · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:13OTTMark StoneAssists: Cody Ceci · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:01OTTRyan DzingelGWGAssists: Thomas Chabot, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 18:53COLNikita ZadorovAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · Slap, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:49OTTMatt DucheneAssists: Zack Smith · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–4
  6. P3 16:01COLNathan MacKinnonPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Mikko Rantanen · Snap, 0.04 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:58OTTMatt DucheneENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.64 xG2–5
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 12:56OTTChristian Jaros: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 18:28COLIan Cole: Interference2 min
  3. P2 4:07COLMark Barberio: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 19:53COLSemyon Varlamov: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 15:13OTTZack Smith: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 16:13OTTChristian Jaros: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0OTT
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Soderberg won the faceoff against Tierney
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLOTT
32Shots on goal31
1.9Expected goals3.5
69Shot attempts48
31Faceoffs won32
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits30
7Blocked shots24
17Giveaways15
5Takeaways5

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. bestSoderberg – Wilson – Compher8:33

    xG 0.41–0.05 (88%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  2. Andrighetto – Jost – Dries3:59

    xG 0.12–0.20 (37%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Calvert – Nieto – Kerfoot5:11

    xG 0.16–0.40 (28%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen16:36

    xG 0.38–0.64 (37%)attempts 18–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Barberio2:47

    xG 0.20–0.10 (67%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Girard2:19

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Cole2:22

    xG 0.12–0.10 (55%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestSmith – Paajarvi – Pageau14:38

    xG 0.69–0.29 (71%)attempts 18–17goals 0–1

  2. Ryan – Duchene – Dzingel7:23

    xG 0.35–0.23 (60%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  3. Boedker – Duchene – Balcers2:39

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  4. Stone – Tierney – Tkachuk8:27

    xG 0.21–0.34 (38%)attempts 4–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorowiecki – Jaros14:00

    xG 1.21–0.36 (77%)attempts 19–18goals 1–1

  2. Ceci – Wolanin5:52

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 5–7goals 1–0

  3. DeMelo – Chabot9:08

    xG 0.56–0.34 (62%)attempts 9–12goals 2–0

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.

OTT 3.5 xGCOL 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 51/100 · #635 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50OTT 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, Ottawa Senators win this game 78% of the time.

OTT winsCOL wins

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

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