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Ice Lab

Sat, Oct 29, 2022·UBS Arena, Elmont

Colorado Avalanche 4, New York Islanders 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 80% of the time.

NYI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL011312114437
NYI010113421544

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:46COLEvan RodriguesPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen · Slap, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:28COLMikko RantanenAssists: Josh Manson · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:33COLEvan RodriguesAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews · Tip-in, 0.10 xG3–0
  4. P2 9:53NYINoah DobsonAssists: Alexander Romanov, Oliver Wahlstrom · Slap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P3 3:35NYIZach PariseAssists: Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Ryan Pulock · Wrist, 0.22 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:39NYIScott MayfieldAssists: Mathew Barzal, Casey Cizikas · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:56NYIAnthony BeauvillierAssists: Anders Lee · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 18:39NYIBrock NelsonENGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.63 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:30COLAlex NewhookAssists: Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:40COLKurtis MacDermid: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 19:15NYICasey Cizikas: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 2:44NYIOliver Wahlstrom: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 5:11COLMikko Rantanen: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  5. P3 7:10COLNathan MacKinnon: Cross checking2 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
49% to win51% to win
← COL attackNYI attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Pageau
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLNYI
37Shots on goal44
2.9Expected goals5.1
62Shot attempts65
32Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits26
10Blocked shots15
3Giveaways8
8Takeaways5

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. bestCompher – Lehkonen – O'Connor10:45

    xG 0.46–0.34 (58%)attempts 9–9goals 0–2

  2. MacDermid – Maltsev – Kaut3:29

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Hunt – Newhook8:41

    xG 0.22–0.71 (23%)attempts 7–12goals 0–0

  4. MacKinnon – Rantanen – Rodrigues15:26

    xG 0.42–1.71 (20%)attempts 13–22goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar16:31

    xG 0.91–0.31 (75%)attempts 23–13goals 1–1

  2. Johnson – Manson10:26

    xG 0.71–1.44 (33%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  3. Girard – Byram15:22

    xG 0.18–1.76 (9%)attempts 7–22goals 0–3

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestParise – Palmieri – Pageau9:25

    xG 1.34–0.27 (83%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  2. Lee – Nelson – Beauvillier9:50

    xG 0.55–0.31 (64%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  3. Bailey – Barzal – Wahlstrom9:04

    xG 0.37–0.21 (63%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas5:48

    xG 0.02–0.11 (16%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – Pulock13:32

    xG 1.96–0.31 (86%)attempts 16–11goals 1–0

  2. Dobson – Romanov14:14

    xG 0.94–0.47 (67%)attempts 22–14goals 2–0

  3. Mayfield – Pelech3:37

    xG 0.24–0.20 (55%)attempts 7–3goals 1–1

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 5.1 xGCOL 2.9 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 94/100 · #108 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.95 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 6% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50NYI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 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 80% of the time.

NYI winsCOL wins

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

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