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Sun, Apr 1, 2018·Honda Center, Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 3, Anaheim Ducks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 69% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL1112801201332
ANA1160152912442

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:16COLAlexander KerfootUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:08ANAAndrew CoglianoAssists: Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:04COLTyson JostPPAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon · Backhand, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:10COLTyson JostAssists: Alexander Kerfoot · Slap, 0.09 xG3–1
  5. P3 7:43ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Corey Perry, Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 9:19ANARyan KeslerAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. OT 1:34ANAOndrej KaseGWGAssists: Ryan Getzlaf · Wrist, 0.23 xG3–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:41COLNikita Zadorov: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 7:44ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  3. P1 12:13COLNikita Zadorov: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 12:13ANARyan Kesler: Embellishment2 min
  5. P1 19:54ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min · PPG
  6. P2 4:36ANARyan Kesler: High sticking2 min
  7. P2 7:57COLMikko Rantanen: Interference2 min
  8. P2 7:57COLGabriel Landeskog: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 7:57ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 19:26ANABrandon Montour: Hooking2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Kesler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLANA
32Shots on goal42
2.2Expected goals3.2
57Shot attempts79
29Faceoffs won47
4Power plays2
8Penalty minutes12
19Hits28
21Blocked shots15
9Giveaways10
5Takeaways5

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. bestBourque – Yakupov – Compher5:56

    xG 0.34–0.14 (70%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto14:38

    xG 0.45–0.43 (51%)attempts 13–13goals 0–1

  3. Kerfoot – Andrighetto – Jost8:53

    xG 0.17–0.35 (33%)attempts 9–13goals 1–0

  4. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:25

    xG 0.51–0.96 (35%)attempts 16–22goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Warsofsky – Alt7:09

    xG 0.16–0.20 (43%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Girard15:11

    xG 0.54–0.77 (41%)attempts 12–22goals 0–1

  3. Barrie – Zadorov15:09

    xG 0.69–1.00 (41%)attempts 17–29goals 2–2

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestKesler – Cogliano – Silfverberg10:47

    xG 0.76–0.39 (66%)attempts 24–13goals 2–0

  2. Getzlaf – Perry – Rakell9:34

    xG 0.34–0.24 (58%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Henrique – Ritchie – Kase7:29

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Perry – Henrique – Ritchie4:12

    xG 0.09–0.23 (29%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Lindholm18:19

    xG 1.10–0.59 (65%)attempts 27–20goals 2–0

  2. Fowler – Montour16:36

    xG 0.81–0.62 (57%)attempts 29–15goals 1–1

  3. Beauchemin – Pettersson8:51

    xG 0.10–0.44 (18%)attempts 6–11goals 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.

ANA 3.2 xGCOL 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 81/100 · #263 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.96 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 69% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

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

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