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Colorado Avalanche

#1 Puckigree (final) · +13.155-16-11 · 1st in standingsCentral · Western
Why #1 at season’s end
Puckigree#1 · +13.1Standings1stChance share (xGF% 5v5)1stSchedule faced31st hardest

Results rank, standings, how the team drove play, and schedule strength side by side.

Final
Record55-16-11Points121Games82Goals for – against302–203
CF%56.42nd of 32
GF/GP3.631st of 32
GA/GP2.401st of 32
PP%17.127th of 32
PK%84.61st of 32
PDO102.13rd of 32
SV% 5v5.9221st of 32
SF/GP33.71st of 32

Playoff odds

From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.
FinalMade the playoffs
Lowest along the way86%
Playoff chance through the season: high 100% (Dec 3), low 86% (Oct 14). On the timeline · All teams

Player Puckigree

How much each player adds over a replacement-level player, in goals. See them against the league →
Roster total+155.0goals above replacement · 1st of 32
Forwards +79.4Defence +32.3Goalies +43.3

Goals above a replacement-level player (someone outside a team’s regular rotation): how he did against an average player, plus credit for the workload a replacement would otherwise take. About 6.2 goals make one win.

Who’s driving it
MacKinnonC+31.2
WedgewoodGSAx +22.1G+30.0
BlackwoodGSAx +4.8G+11.5
NelsonC+9.5
ToewsD+7.8
NecasC+7.0
KulakD−0.8
LandeskogL−0.7
BrindleyC−0.4

Chances

From our expected-goals model: what each shot was worth, given where and how it was taken.
Where the goal difference came fromxg-v1.1
Even-strength chances EV xGD+52.6
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD+10.3
Finishing GF−xGF+0.2
Goaltending GSAx+27.9
Goal difference GD+91

Each bar starts where the last one ended. Chances are what the shots were worth; finishing and goaltending are what happened to them.

Record by the chances
Chances say51-25-6107.9 pts
Actually55-16-11121 pts

13.1 points ahead of their chances.

xGF% 5v557.31st of 32
HDCF% 5v555.33rd of 32
GF−xGF+0.217th of 32
GSAx+27.93rd of 32
Last gamesGame log →
  • Apr 16vs SEAW 2-0
  • Apr 14@ CGYW 3-1
  • Apr 13@ EDMW 2-1
  • Apr 11vs VGKOTL 2-3
  • Apr 9vs CGYW 3-1

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 16.

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