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Thu, Feb 14, 2019·Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg

Colorado Avalanche 4, Winnipeg Jets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 60% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL213112110435
WPG180908125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:21COLDominic ToninatoAssists: A.J. Greer, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 10:29COLGabriel LandeskogGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P1 10:53WPGBrandon TanevUnassisted · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:12COLJ.T. CompherSHAssists: Matt Nieto · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:21COLSven AndrighettoAssists: Matt Nieto, Matt Calvert · Slap, 0.11 xG4–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P2 1:33WPGBrandon Tanev: Holding2 min
  2. P2 4:49COLSamuel Girard: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  3. P3 4:33COLErik Johnson: Slashing2 min
  4. P3 9:47WPGBrendan Lemieux: Roughing2 min
  5. P3 9:47COLA.J. Greer: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 13:14WPGBen Chiarot: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 14:09COLSven Andrighetto: Interference2 min
  8. P3 16:58WPGBrandon Tanev: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:49COLMatt Calvert: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 19:49COLMatt Calvert: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 19:49WPGJoe Morrow: Fighting5 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 SOG0WPG
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Scheifele won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLWPG
35Shots on goal25
3.4Expected goals2.8
56Shot attempts60
20Faceoffs won35
3Power plays4
15Penalty minutes13
23Hits18
19Blocked shots13
14Giveaways8
2Takeaways5

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 – Rantanen12:31

    xG 1.03–0.64 (62%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Toninato – Andrighetto – Greer5:13

    xG 0.79–0.56 (59%)attempts 6–10goals 1–0

  3. Kerfoot – Compher – Jost7:25

    xG 0.32–0.19 (62%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Calvert – Nieto9:44

    xG 0.19–0.34 (36%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Girard11:44

    xG 1.12–0.61 (65%)attempts 14–8goals 2–0

  2. Barrie – Graves9:15

    xG 0.48–0.38 (55%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Barrie4:13

    xG 0.20–0.33 (38%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestPerreault – Lowry – Tanev8:56

    xG 0.34–0.23 (60%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  2. Little – Roslovic – Laine9:39

    xG 0.30–0.29 (51%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Wheeler – Scheifele – Connor13:05

    xG 0.63–0.94 (40%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  4. Copp – Lemieux – Appleton6:42

    xG 0.37–0.79 (32%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestByfuglien – Chiarot15:20

    xG 1.08–0.05 (95%)attempts 23–7goals 1–0

  2. Myers – Morrissey2:07

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Trouba – Morrissey15:13

    xG 0.56–0.97 (37%)attempts 13–16goals 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.

WPG 2.8 xGCOL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #907 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.89 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 60% of the time.

WPG winsCOL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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