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Fri, Oct 13, 2017·Pepsi Center, Denver

Anaheim Ducks 1, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 91% of the time.

COL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA0404110118
COL11801229339

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 11:58COLGabriel LandeskogPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Sven Andrighetto · Wrap-around, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:14ANABrandon MontourSHAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Logan Shaw · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 14:21COLTyson BarriePPGWGAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Sven Andrighetto · Slap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:59COLNikita ZadorovENAssists: Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.45 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:54ANANick Ritchie: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 10:51ANARickard Rakell: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P1 12:34ANABrandon Montour: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 17:27ANACorey Perry: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 19:01ANADennis Rasmussen: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 8:59COLJ.T. Compher: Holding2 min
  7. P2 16:45ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 0:38ANACam Fowler: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 12:50ANABrandon Montour: Slashing2 min · PPG
  10. P3 16:04COLCarl Soderberg: High sticking2 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← ANA attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Vermette
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACOL
18Shots on goal39
1.2Expected goals3.9
39Shot attempts83
32Faceoffs won39
2Power plays8
16Penalty minutes4
19Hits10
26Blocked shots10
1Giveaways6
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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Shaw – Kerdiles – Rasmussen2:35

    xG 0.05–0.04 (53%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Eaves – Silfverberg – Rakell12:05

    xG 0.23–0.24 (49%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

  3. Vermette – Perry – Cogliano9:19

    xG 0.21–0.47 (31%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  4. Grant – Wagner – Ritchie6:25

    xG 0.00–0.31 (0%)attempts 1–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Fowler – Manson13:35

    xG 0.38–0.38 (50%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  2. Holzer – Megna9:34

    xG 0.04–0.31 (12%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  3. Beauchemin – Montour14:37

    xG 0.32–0.71 (31%)attempts 12–21goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Andrighetto – Rantanen4:59

    xG 0.57–0.07 (89%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto7:56

    xG 0.45–0.06 (89%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Andrighetto – Compher – Rantanen2:33

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Yakupov – Kerfoot2:10

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Bigras5:43

    xG 0.30–0.03 (92%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Zadorov11:37

    xG 0.49–0.31 (61%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  3. Barberio – Zadorov2:13

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 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 3.9 xGANA 1.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #787 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.29 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 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 91% of the time.

COL winsANA wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7

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