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Thu, Nov 5, 2015·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Colorado Avalanche 2, Arizona Coyotes 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 58% of the time.

ARI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0711219228
ARI1921316428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:05ARINicklas GrossmannAssists: Mikkel Boedker, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:41ARITobias RiederAssists: Martin Hanzal · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:48COLCody McLeodAssists: Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.31 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:16ARINicklas GrossmannGWGAssists: Martin Hanzal, Connor Murphy · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:14COLMatt DucheneAssists: Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:46ARIJordan MartinookENAssists: Mikkel Boedker · Wrist, 0.75 xG2–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 19:05COLBrandon Gormley: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 5:47ARIBrad Richardson: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 7:58COLErik Johnson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  4. P2 8:51COLNikita Zadorov: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 13:10ARIMichael Stone: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:59COLNathan MacKinnon: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 18:30COLNathan MacKinnon: Interference2 min
  8. P3 1:35ARIShane Doan: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 4:15COLCody McLeod: Holding2 min
  10. P3 5:01ARIAnthony Duclair: Tripping2 min
  11. P3 9:52ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Boarding2 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 SOG0ARI
47% to win54% to win
← COL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Hanzal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLARI
28Shots on goal28
2.9Expected goals2.5
57Shot attempts47
38Faceoffs won29
5Power plays6
12Penalty minutes10
21Hits23
10Blocked shots16
6Giveaways4
4Takeaways6

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. bestTanguay – Duchene – MacKinnon3:02

    xG 0.50–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 1–0

  2. Soderberg – Duchene – Landeskog5:57

    xG 0.30–0.03 (91%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. McLeod – Skille – Street4:46

    xG 0.39–0.19 (68%)attempts 4–6goals 1–1

  4. Comeau – Grigorenko – Everberg5:34

    xG 0.17–0.08 (68%)attempts 4–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Barrie13:23

    xG 0.56–0.29 (66%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Johnson8:58

    xG 0.38–0.13 (74%)attempts 12–4goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Zadorov2:36

    xG 0.05–0.02 (73%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. Hanzal – Rieder – Duclair6:07

    xG 0.18–0.14 (56%)attempts 7–7goals 1–0

  2. Gordon – Chipchura – Downie4:14

    xG 0.00–0.05 (2%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Boedker – Domi – Gaudet10:23

    xG 0.31–0.52 (37%)attempts 10–8goals 1–1

  4. Doan – Richardson – Martinook9:32

    xG 0.10–0.42 (19%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMichalek – Dahlbeck9:48

    xG 0.24–0.18 (58%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Grossmann – Murphy12:43

    xG 0.41–0.67 (38%)attempts 10–15goals 2–1

  3. Stone – Ekman-Larsson12:17

    xG 0.18–0.77 (19%)attempts 9–15goals 0–1

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.

ARI 2.5 xGCOL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

ARI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line ARI is favoured, below it COL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #691 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.08 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

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 58% of the time.

ARI winsCOL wins

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

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