Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

Dec 7, 2015 · Pepsi Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	1	20
Colorado Avalanche	2	20

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
04:13	COL	Tyson Barrie (3)	Carl Soderberg (13), Blake Comeau (7)	0 - 1
3rd Period
13:51	MIN	Zach Parise (8)	Mikael Granlund (14), Jason Pominville (11)	1 - 1
Overtime
03:35	COL	John Mitchell (6)	Matt Duchene (11), Tyson Barrie (15)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
16:46	COL	John Mitchell	Tripping	2
2nd Period
10:50	COL	Jarome Iginla	Roughing	2
10:50	COL	John Mitchell	Roughing	2
10:50	MIN	Jason Zucker	Roughing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	47	34	20	1	2.5	50.7
Colorado Avalanche	41	31	20	2	1.4	49.3

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.5 expected, 1 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 1.4 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mikko Koivu · Jason Zucker · Nino Niederreiter	13:55	53.8	44.2	0-1
Jason Pominville · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund	12:33	68.0	87.2	1-0
Thomas Vanek · Charlie Coyle · Justin Fontaine	8:59	42.9	74.3	0-0
Chris Porter · Ryan Carter · Erik Haula	8:53	50.0	27.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon	15:08	60.0	74.0	1-0
Marco Scandella · Jonas Brodin	11:03	25.0	6.2	0-1
Ryan Suter · Mathew Dumba	6:16	54.5	73.5	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
9	Zach Parise	L	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	20:29	0.93	18-13	1.33-0.30
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16:52	0.06	18-10	1.33-0.26
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	18:26	0.46	17-11	1.33-0.25
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:42	0.17	6-9	0.24-0.28
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	21:18	0.01	10-13	0.30-0.29
7	Chris Porter	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:57		6-6	0.05-0.23
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	21:08	0.12	10-11	0.10-0.17
14	Justin Fontaine	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:29	0.06	3-11	0.24-0.24
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	19:16	0.03	8-13	0.10-0.29
18	Ryan Carter	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:55		7-5	0.05-0.12
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	29:35	0.18	24-17	1.38-0.51
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:10	0.02	10-7	0.68-0.16
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	22:38		8-14	0.07-0.36
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:29	0.32	6-5	0.24-0.11
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:38	0.01	6-4	0.04-0.06
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	21:47	0.06	16-17	0.95-0.43
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:36	0.02	5-6	0.05-0.23
62	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:20	0.04	7-8	0.10-0.24

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Darcy Kuemper	OTL	20	18	2	63:35	1.42	-0.58

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Duchene · Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon	15:51	50.0	22.3	0-1
Jarome Iginla · Alex Tanguay · John Mitchell	13:56	69.2	49.9	0-0
Blake Comeau · Carl Soderberg · Andreas Martinsen	13:14	34.8	51.8	1-0
Cody McLeod · Jack Skille · Chris Wagner	5:38	66.7	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Holden · Tyson Barrie	21:27	47.1	48.9	1-0
Francois Beauchemin · Erik Johnson	19:15	43.3	18.4	0-1
Nate Guenin · Brandon Gormley	9:22	71.4	48.6	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
8	Tyson Barrie	D	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	24:39	0.12	16-18	0.51-0.53
7	John Mitchell	C	1	0	1	1	4	1	1	17:57	0.10	10-8	0.21-0.53
15	Blake Comeau	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	17:23	0.04	10-15	0.33-0.29
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	18:32		9-15	0.33-0.29
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	18:48	0.11	12-14	0.25-1.14
5	Nate Guenin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:25	0.01	5-2	0.06-0.06
5	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	25:37	0.04	17-18	0.53-0.53
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	23:29	0.06	13-17	0.25-1.12
9	Jack Skille	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:38	0.04	4-2	0.11-0.00
14	Chris Wagner	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	07:45	0.07	5-2	0.11-0.00
23	Francois Beauchemin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	26:37	0.02	15-17	0.34-1.12
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	20:07	0.37	12-12	0.25-0.89
29	Andreas Martinsen	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	14:38	0.17	9-15	0.32-0.29
40	Alex Tanguay	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:27	0.10	9-4	0.20-0.20
46	Brandon Gormley	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:48		6-2	0.13-0.06
55	Cody McLeod	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	06:35		4-2	0.11-0.00
88	Jarome Iginla	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	16:50	0.03	10-6	0.21-0.28
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	21:26	0.16	14-16	0.28-1.22

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Semyon Varlamov	W	20	19	1	63:35	2.45	+1.45