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Sun, Mar 3, 2019·Honda Center, Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 1, Anaheim Ducks 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL06010110126
ANA1101904223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:17ANAJakob SilfverbergAssists: Brendan Guhle · Snap, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:26ANACam FowlerPPGWGAssists: Rickard Rakell, Jakob Silfverberg · Slap, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:17COLDerick BrassardPPAssists: Carl Soderberg, J.T. Compher · Slap, 0.13 xG1–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:24ANAHampus Lindholm: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:04COLDerick Brassard: Holding the stick2 min
  3. P1 9:11ANARyan Kesler: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:51ANARyan Kesler: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 8:45COLGabriel Bourque: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:52COLIan Cole: Game misconduct10 min
  7. P2 13:52COLIan Cole: Kneeing5 min
  8. P2 16:17COLPatrik Nemeth: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 16:17ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  10. P2 16:17ANACorey Perry: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 4:06ANAJosh Manson: Hooking2 min · PPG

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
26Shots on goal23
2.7Expected goals3.1
54Shot attempts64
25Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
21Penalty minutes12
29Hits30
20Blocked shots15
10Giveaways15
10Takeaways10

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. bestSoderberg – Brassard – Calvert2:42

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Kerfoot – Compher – Jost2:29

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen9:12

    xG 0.61–0.68 (47%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  4. Calvert – Landeskog – Jost2:37

    xG 0.07–0.17 (29%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Girard4:27

    xG 0.27–0.08 (77%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Zadorov2:50

    xG 0.29–0.22 (57%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Nemeth2:48

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Perry – Roy10:05

    xG 0.54–0.26 (67%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  2. Silfverberg – Rakell – Shore5:13

    xG 0.34–0.06 (85%)attempts 6–3goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Sprong – Terry5:04

    xG 0.38–0.14 (74%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Silfverberg – Rakell3:09

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Guhle14:09

    xG 0.77–0.40 (66%)attempts 15–13goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Lindholm16:45

    xG 1.09–0.83 (57%)attempts 17–16goals 0–0

  3. Holzer – Megna11:21

    xG 0.54–0.30 (64%)attempts 14–9goals 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.

ANA 3.1 xGCOL 2.7 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 12/100 · #1112 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.82 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 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 56% 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).