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Tue, Apr 2, 2019·Pepsi Center, Denver

Edmonton Oilers 2, Colorado Avalanche 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 59% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
EDM21007012229
COL0841526629

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:20EDMMilan LucicAssists: Matt Benning, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Deflected, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:01EDMDarnell NurseAssists: Sam Gagner, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 4:56COLNathan MacKinnonPPAssists: Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:56COLTyson BarrieAssists: Nikita Zadorov · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 7:43COLAlexander KerfootGWGAssists: Matt Nieto, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P2 12:04COLColin WilsonAssists: Matt Calvert, Ian Cole · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:30COLAlexander KerfootAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:07COLSven AndrighettoAssists: Tyson Jost, Gabriel Bourque · Snap, 0.16 xG2–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 5:08COLTyson Barrie: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 0:38EDMKris Russell: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:28EDMBrad Malone: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 4:31EDMBrad Malone: Interference2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCOL
29Shots on goal29
2.1Expected goals2.6
51Shot attempts52
29Faceoffs won27
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
24Hits16
13Blocked shots16
6Giveaways11
8Takeaways7

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Malone – Cave – Currie2:40

    xG 0.04–0.01 (81%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Malone – Rattie – Currie3:50

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Chiasson – Rieder – Cave2:57

    xG 0.04–0.03 (57%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Gagner – Rieder – Cave2:25

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLarsson – Klefbom15:19

    xG 0.78–0.56 (59%)attempts 16–10goals 0–1

  2. Klefbom – Benning2:53

    xG 0.11–0.01 (93%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Sekera – Benning13:04

    xG 0.22–0.42 (34%)attempts 8–9goals 1–2

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLandeskog – Kerfoot – MacKinnon12:58

    xG 1.04–0.23 (82%)attempts 15–6goals 1–0

  2. Bourque – Andrighetto – Jost4:27

    xG 0.22–0.14 (62%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  3. Brassard – Calvert – Nieto6:34

    xG 0.07–0.04 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Nieto – Andrighetto3:23

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Zadorov18:33

    xG 1.56–0.40 (79%)attempts 24–14goals 3–0

  2. Johnson – Girard14:26

    xG 0.22–0.21 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Cole – Nemeth13:05

    xG 0.18–0.37 (32%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

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 2.6 xGEDM 2.1 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #390 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 59% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

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

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