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Sun, Feb 10, 2019·TD Garden, Boston

Colorado Avalanche 1, Boston Bruins 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 61% of the time.

BOS winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL11201201002136
BOS071150914235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:27COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, J.T. Compher · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:40BOSJohn MooreAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Brad Marchand · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–1
  3. OT 4:03BOSBrad MarchandGWGAssists: Patrice Bergeron, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:54BOSDanton Heinen: High sticking2 min
  2. P1 16:19COLGabriel Landeskog: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 17:27BOSTorey Krug: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 6:18COLNathan MacKinnon: Holding2 min
  5. P2 7:45COLCarl Soderberg: Interference2 min
  6. P3 7:16BOSSean Kuraly: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 9:53BOSTorey Krug: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 10:08COLTyson Barrie: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 17:45COLSheldon Dries: Holding2 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 SOG0BOS
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Bergeron won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLBOS
36Shots on goal35
3.1Expected goals2.5
63Shot attempts62
29Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
21Hits29
12Blocked shots18
11Giveaways10
13Takeaways11

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. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen13:50

    xG 0.83–0.44 (65%)attempts 25–15goals 0–0

  2. Kerfoot – Andrighetto – Compher2:32

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Andrighetto – Greer – Dries3:44

    xG 0.02–0.03 (34%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Wilson – Kerfoot – Compher3:48

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Nemeth7:53

    xG 0.35–0.15 (69%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Barrie3:52

    xG 0.20–0.03 (85%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Zadorov2:32

    xG 0.08–0.03 (74%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKrejci – Cehlarik – Pastrnak5:08

    xG 0.13–0.00 (98%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Wagner – Kuraly – Acciari10:50

    xG 0.38–0.27 (58%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  3. Krejci – Pastrnak – DeBrusk6:37

    xG 0.06–0.01 (84%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Nordstrom – Cehlarik – Frederic2:57

    xG 0.05–0.05 (52%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMoore – McAvoy2:21

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Krug12:56

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

  3. Chara – McAvoy15:34

    xG 0.46–0.48 (49%)attempts 15–17goals 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.

BOS 2.5 xGCOL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 48/100 · #669 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 pts

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 61% of the time.

BOS winsCOL wins

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

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