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Sat, Feb 9, 2019·Barclays Center, Brooklyn

Colorado Avalanche 3, New York Islanders 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 65% of the time.

NYI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL110191603328
NYI01211421312441

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:19COLCarl SoderbergAssists: Erik Johnson, Matt Nieto · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:36COLErik JohnsonAssists: Carl Soderberg, Alexander Kerfoot · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:13NYIJordan EberleAssists: Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 8:03NYIJosh BaileyAssists: Michael Dal Colle, Adam Pelech · Backhand, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:57NYIRyan PulockPPAssists: Jordan Eberle, Brock Nelson · Slap, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P3 17:15COLJ.T. CompherAssists: Carl Soderberg, Colin Wilson · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. OT 2:23NYIRyan PulockGWGAssists: Casey Cizikas, Brock Nelson · Slap, 0.08 xG3–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 13:32COLA.J. Greer: Elbowing2 min
  2. P2 0:43NYIMichael Dal Colle: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 1:38COLMikko Rantanen: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 13:29NYIMathew Barzal: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 13:29COLCarl Soderberg: Roughing2 min · PPG
  6. P3 13:34COLGabriel Landeskog: Hooking2 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 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLNYI
28Shots on goal41
2.1Expected goals3.0
53Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won31
1Power plays3
8Penalty minutes4
30Hits29
12Blocked shots13
12Giveaways7
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. Andrighetto – Greer – Dries7:19

    xG 0.03–0.09 (27%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen15:28

    xG 0.36–0.62 (37%)attempts 12–21goals 0–0

  3. Soderberg – Calvert – Nieto11:11

    xG 0.31–0.64 (32%)attempts 14–13goals 1–1

  4. Wilson – Kerfoot – Compher10:34

    xG 0.21–0.59 (26%)attempts 6–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nemeth12:20

    xG 0.37–0.15 (71%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Graves2:04

    xG 0.20–0.18 (53%)attempts 6–2goals 1–1

  3. Graves – Zadorov7:13

    xG 0.14–0.17 (44%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestEberle – Lee – Nelson13:07

    xG 0.83–0.38 (68%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Bailey – Dal Colle – Barzal11:19

    xG 0.50–0.28 (64%)attempts 8–10goals 1–1

  3. Filppula – Komarov – Beauvillier10:52

    xG 0.30–0.15 (67%)attempts 11–8goals 0–1

  4. Martin – Cizikas – Kuhnhackl11:10

    xG 0.28–0.41 (41%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock18:34

    xG 1.10–0.25 (81%)attempts 21–9goals 1–0

  2. Mayfield – Toews13:55

    xG 0.61–0.32 (66%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  3. Boychuk – Leddy17:36

    xG 0.40–0.63 (39%)attempts 20–17goals 0–1

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 3.0 xGCOL 2.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 93/100 · #95 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.45 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +45 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 65% of the time.

NYI winsCOL wins

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

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