Sat, Feb 2, 2019·Pepsi Center, Denver
Vancouver Canucks 5, Colorado Avalanche 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 50% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN | 29 | 210 | 17 | 526 |
| COL | 011 | 113 | 011 | 135 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:32VANJake VirtanenAssists: Antoine Roussel, Brandon Sutter · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
- P1 6:04VANBrock BoeserGWGAssists: Elias Pettersson · Slap, 0.03 xG2–0
- P2 7:30VANAntoine RousselAssists: Bo Horvat, Jake Virtanen · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–0
- P2 11:18COLMatt CalvertAssists: Nikita Zadorov, Matt Nieto · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–1
- P2 15:17VANTyler MotteAssists: Jay Beagle, Troy Stecher · Tip-in, 0.07 xG4–1
- P3 13:59VANNikolay GoldobinPPAssists: Josh Leivo, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.14 xG5–1
Penalties (5)
- P1 19:48VANAlexander Edler: Interference2 min
- P2 5:00VANAlexander Edler: Interference2 min
- P2 18:53VANJake Virtanen: Holding the stick2 min
- P3 4:30COLCarl Soderberg: Interference2 min
- P3 12:16COLMatt Calvert: High sticking2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Horvat
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- bestSutter – Roussel – Virtanen11:47
xG 0.49–0.33 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0
- Eriksson – Beagle – Motte9:35
xG 0.23–0.19 (55%)attempts 5–9goals 1–0
- Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson9:31
xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 10–10goals 1–0
- Leivo – Baertschi – Horvat9:41
xG 0.28–0.59 (33%)attempts 4–19goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHutton – Stecher17:07
xG 0.77–0.58 (57%)attempts 12–20goals 2–0
- Edler – Tanev17:22
xG 0.51–0.49 (51%)attempts 14–25goals 0–0
- Gudbranson – Pouliot10:51
xG 0.34–0.60 (36%)attempts 9–12goals 2–1
Colorado Avalanche
Forward lines
- bestLandeskog – Compher – Rantanen4:49
xG 0.39–0.16 (71%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0
- Soderberg – Calvert – Nieto3:42
xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0
- Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen2:31
xG 0.12–0.14 (46%)attempts 7–2goals 0–1
- Wilson – Kerfoot – MacKinnon12:52
xG 0.21–0.32 (40%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestJohnson – Girard4:44
xG 0.40–0.15 (72%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0
- Cole – Nemeth3:50
xG 0.18–0.11 (61%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0
- Johnson – Barrie2:35
xG 0.17–0.14 (54%)attempts 8–2goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
COL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line COL is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.
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 50% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (COL − VAN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).