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Mon, Dec 19, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

New York Islanders 0, Colorado Avalanche 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 83% of the time.

COL winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
NYI0110708000026
COL010015019021146

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. No goals in regulation or overtime.

Shootout

  1. 1. COL Evan Rodrigues scored
  2. 2. NYI Mathew Barzal stopped
  3. 3. COL Mikko Rantanen stopped
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 15:47COLKurtis MacDermid: Interference2 min
  2. P2 1:53NYIBrock Nelson: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 8:31NYIZach Parise: Tripping2 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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pageau won the faceoff against Compher
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYICOL
26Shots on goal46
2.1Expected goals4.5
51Shot attempts92
35Faceoffs won29
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
24Hits25
26Blocked shots14
2Giveaways8
9Takeaways12

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 York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestLee – Nelson – Beauvillier12:02

    xG 0.79–0.59 (57%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  2. Bailey – Barzal – Wahlstrom10:45

    xG 0.35–0.25 (59%)attempts 10–13goals 0–0

  3. Parise – Pageau – Holmstrom9:31

    xG 0.43–0.37 (54%)attempts 12–11goals 0–0

  4. Martin – Cizikas – Fasching7:39

    xG 0.14–0.73 (16%)attempts 4–18goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Pulock – Aho2:42

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Pulock – Salo7:55

    xG 0.82–0.87 (49%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Dobson – Romanov18:25

    xG 0.50–0.67 (43%)attempts 17–27goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestCompher – Lehkonen – Rantanen15:29

    xG 0.59–0.41 (59%)attempts 24–9goals 0–0

  2. Nichushkin – Rodrigues – Newhook9:12

    xG 0.17–0.33 (34%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – O'Connor – Meyers7:19

    xG 0.29–0.65 (31%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar18:33

    xG 1.46–0.32 (82%)attempts 41–10goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Girard14:30

    xG 0.82–0.32 (72%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Girard2:22

    xG 0.03–0.42 (6%)attempts 2–4goals 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 4.5 xGNYI 2.1 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1246 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.74 · 0 goals in reachComeback index 49% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEnd

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 83% of the time.

COL winsNYI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).