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Sat, Mar 10, 2018·Pepsi Center, Denver

Arizona Coyotes 2, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 53% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI11011008228
COL3908214531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:45COLBlake ComeauAssists: Carl Soderberg · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 2:14ARIChristian DvorakAssists: Richard Panik, Josh Archibald · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P1 2:41COLTyson BarrieAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–2
  4. P1 4:22COLCarl SoderbergGWGAssists: Blake Comeau · Tip-in, 0.03 xG1–3
  5. P2 15:09ARIRichard PanikAssists: Brad Richardson · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
  6. P3 10:45COLTyson JostPPAssists: Tyson Barrie, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.46 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:40COLMikko RantanenAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, David Warsofsky · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–5
Penalties (17)
  1. P1 5:51ARILaurent Dauphin: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:23COLNathan MacKinnon: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 17:18COLNathan MacKinnon: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 17:18ARIJordan Martinook: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 17:18COLNathan MacKinnon: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 6:28ARIBrendan Perlini: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 15:49COLGabriel Landeskog: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 10:10ARIChristian Fischer: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  9. P3 13:54ARIBrendan Perlini: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 13:54ARIBrendan Perlini: Misconduct10 min
  11. P3 13:54ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Slashing2 min
  12. P3 13:54ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 13:54ARIMax Domi: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 13:54COLNikita Zadorov: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 13:54COLNikita Zadorov: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 13:54COLSven Andrighetto: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 15:07COLMikko Rantanen: Tripping2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICOL
28Shots on goal31
2.6Expected goals2.7
55Shot attempts54
27Faceoffs won27
3Power plays5
29Penalty minutes27
17Hits17
13Blocked shots11
3Giveaways7
5Takeaways6

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestPanik – Archibald – Dvorak4:49

    xG 0.46–0.06 (89%)attempts 8–3goals 1–1

  2. Richardson – Cousins – Martinook10:45

    xG 0.35–0.19 (64%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  3. Stepan – Perlini – Keller4:12

    xG 0.08–0.12 (40%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  4. Stepan – Panik – Keller7:29

    xG 0.32–0.42 (43%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHjalmarsson – Chychrun11:35

    xG 0.75–0.24 (76%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  2. Hjalmarsson – Connauton2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  3. Demers – Ekman-Larsson15:58

    xG 0.51–0.52 (50%)attempts 13–13goals 1–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Soderberg – Nieto9:21

    xG 0.34–0.18 (65%)attempts 12–6goals 2–0

  2. Bourque – Yakupov – Kerfoot3:30

    xG 0.02–0.13 (10%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  3. Andrighetto – Compher – Jost8:59

    xG 0.43–0.58 (43%)attempts 6–9goals 0–1

  4. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen9:45

    xG 0.25–0.47 (35%)attempts 9–9goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Zadorov10:27

    xG 0.48–0.17 (74%)attempts 15–9goals 2–0

  2. Barrie – Girard2:24

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Warsofsky – Nemeth2:25

    xG 0.08–0.08 (49%)attempts 2–2goals 1–0

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 2.7 xGARI 2.6 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 53/100 · #589 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 53% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

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

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