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Sun, Mar 17, 2019·Pepsi Center, Denver

New Jersey Devils 0, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 87% of the time.

COL winsNJD wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NJD0501205022
COL01321219334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:22COLTyson BarrieGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Sven Andrighetto · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:05COLTyson BarrieAssists: Sven Andrighetto · Backhand, 0.01 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:26COLNathan MacKinnonENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.75 xG0–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 4:47NJDBlake Coleman: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:07COLCarl Soderberg: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 12:32NJDBlake Coleman: Interference2 min
  4. P2 3:37COLIan Cole: Kneeing2 min
  5. P2 7:00COLTyson Barrie: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 16:46COLNathan MacKinnon: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P3 3:31NJDConnor Carrick: High sticking2 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.

NJD00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← NJD attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Rooney
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NJDCOL
22Shots on goal34
1.2Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts63
34Faceoffs won24
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
21Hits22
15Blocked shots17
5Giveaways14
7Takeaways6

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.

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. Tangradi – Lappin – McLeod2:21

    xG 0.04–0.02 (64%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Agostino – Rooney9:07

    xG 0.24–0.30 (45%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Zajac – Coleman – Noesen5:30

    xG 0.14–0.24 (36%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  4. Stafford – Pietila – Lappin6:46

    xG 0.07–0.25 (22%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Carrick – Santini2:02

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Greene – Severson11:20

    xG 0.17–0.25 (41%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  3. Santini – White12:08

    xG 0.12–0.32 (27%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – MacKinnon – Rantanen2:53

    xG 0.54–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Calvert – Kerfoot – Jost3:41

    xG 0.25–0.01 (97%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Soderberg – Wilson – Rantanen4:48

    xG 0.26–0.05 (84%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Kerfoot – MacKinnon – Jost2:39

    xG 0.03–0.08 (30%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Girard8:17

    xG 0.40–0.11 (78%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Girard4:16

    xG 0.25–0.01 (97%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Zadorov5:54

    xG 0.26–0.05 (83%)attempts 8–6goals 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.

COL 3.4 xGNJD 1.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNJD

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 7/100 · #1154 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.67 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
NJD 100%5050%50COL 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 87% of the time.

COL winsNJD wins

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

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