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Thu, Dec 6, 2018·BB&T Center, Sunrise

Colorado Avalanche 5, Florida Panthers 2

Expected result

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

FLA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL113110314537
FLA110114011235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:40COLMikko RantanenAssists: Patrik Nemeth, Nathan MacKinnon · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:53FLAColton SceviourAssists: Bogdan Kiselevich, MacKenzie Weegar · Tip-in, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 5:44COLCarl SoderbergSHUnassisted · Snap, 0.04 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:19FLAAaron EkbladPPAssists: Jared McCann, Mike Matheson · Snap, 0.20 xG2–2
  5. P3 6:21COLJ.T. CompherGWGAssists: Gabriel Landeskog · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 7:05COLMatt NietoAssists: Carl Soderberg, Colin Wilson · Tip-in, 0.14 xG4–2
  7. P3 18:26COLGabriel LandeskogENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.43 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:51FLABogdan Kiselevich: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 4:47COLMikko Rantanen: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 5:00COLVladislav Kamenev: High sticking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:48COLAlexander Kerfoot: Holding2 min
  5. P2 13:54FLAMike Matheson: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 1:55COLGabriel Landeskog: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 10:15COLIan Cole: Interference2 min
  8. P3 12:34FLAKeith Yandle: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 19:48FLATroy Brouwer: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLFLA
37Shots on goal35
3.7Expected goals3.5
64Shot attempts62
25Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
14Hits23
15Blocked shots14
4Giveaways12
2Takeaways8

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. bestLandeskog – Compher – MacKinnon3:24

    xG 0.32–0.07 (82%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Wilson – Kerfoot – Jost6:24

    xG 0.24–0.01 (95%)attempts 9–2goals 0–0

  3. Soderberg – Wilson – Nieto2:07

    xG 0.16–0.09 (65%)attempts 2–1goals 1–1

  4. Bourque – Compher – Kamenev3:34

    xG 0.15–0.17 (46%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Girard11:20

    xG 0.44–0.23 (66%)attempts 12–7goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Zadorov10:49

    xG 0.75–0.82 (48%)attempts 15–12goals 2–0

  3. Johnson – Cole2:00

    xG 0.00–0.11 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov12:09

    xG 1.26–0.32 (80%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  2. Dadonov – McCann – Vatrano8:34

    xG 0.64–0.26 (71%)attempts 12–5goals 0–1

  3. Brouwer – Sceviour – Haley4:22

    xG 0.29–0.13 (69%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Bjugstad – Lammikko – Hunt10:00

    xG 0.10–0.50 (17%)attempts 3–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestYandle – Ekblad13:05

    xG 1.37–0.24 (85%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Pysyk – Matheson14:16

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 9–15goals 0–0

  3. Weegar – Kiselevich9:26

    xG 0.24–0.61 (28%)attempts 9–10goals 1–2

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.

FLA 3.5 xGCOL 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 58/100 · #515 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.61 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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.

FLA winsCOL wins

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

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