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Colorado Avalanche

#4 Puckigree · +8.25-4-1 · 17th in standingsCentral · Western
Why #4
Puckigree#4 · +8.2Standings17thChance share (xGF% 5v5)9thSchedule faced24th hardest

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

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CF%52.511th of 32
GF/GP4.102nd of 32
GA/GP3.0012th of 32
PP%18.823rd of 32
PK%82.611th of 32
PDO105.33rd of 32
SV% 5v5.91013th of 32
SF/GP30.65th of 32

Playoff odds

From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.
Make the playoffs82%
Win the division26%
Win the Cup9%
Projected points10489–119
Playoff chance this season: high 96% (Oct 3), low 53% (Sep 29). 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+9.3goals above replacement · 17th of 32
Forwards +7.3Defence +2.8Goalies −0.7

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
NelsonC+0.9
ToewsD+0.9
KadriC+0.7
MansonD+0.6
NecasC+0.6
BlackwoodGSAx −2.4G−1.1
SvechkovC−0.4
JuulsenD−0.3

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+4.3
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD+2.1
Finishing GF−xGF+9.1
Goaltending GSAx−2.6
Goal difference GD+13

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 say6-3-112.8 pts
Actually5-4-111 pts

Results match the chances.

xGF% 5v553.79th of 32
HDCF% 5v547.321st of 32
GF−xGF+9.13rd of 32
GSAx−2.620th of 32
Recent gamesGame log →
  • Oct 20@ NJDL 3-4
  • Oct 19@ PHIL 2-3
  • Oct 16vs PITW 5-2
  • Oct 14vs DALOTL 2-3
  • Oct 13@ DALW 3-2

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Oct 22.

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