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Sat, Oct 26, 2019·Pepsi Center, Denver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 72% of the time.

COL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA291929527
COL012113112237

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:50ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Rickard Rakell, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:51ANACarter RowneyAssists: Derek Grant, Hampus Lindholm · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:22COLJoonas DonskoiPPAssists: Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:28ANARyan GetzlafPPGWGAssists: Hampus Lindholm, Ryan Miller · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 1:38COLNathan MacKinnonPPAssists: J.T. Compher, Cale Makar · Backhand, 0.20 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:42ANAMaxime ComtoisAssists: Nick Ritchie, Brendan Guhle · Backhand, 0.15 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:47ANAJakob SilfverbergENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.61 xG5–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 13:44ANASam Steel: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 15:29COLNazem Kadri: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 18:47COLGabriel Landeskog: Interference2 min
  4. P2 1:16ANANick Ritchie: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 4:06ANACam Fowler: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 6:51COLGabriel Landeskog: Slashing2 min · PPG
  7. P2 14:58ANAHampus Lindholm: Interference2 min
  8. P3 0:28ANAErik Gudbranson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 1:38ANAMaxime Comtois: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 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
45% to win55% to win
← ANA attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Grant
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACOL
27Shots on goal37
2.3Expected goals3.7
44Shot attempts65
33Faceoffs won39
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
15Hits17
21Blocked shots12
10Giveaways6
11Takeaways7

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGetzlaf – Ritchie – Comtois4:09

    xG 0.20–0.07 (74%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  2. Grant – Shore – Rowney2:50

    xG 0.20–0.08 (72%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  3. Henrique – Silfverberg – Rakell3:31

    xG 0.13–0.05 (74%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  4. Terry – Steel – Jones3:56

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGudbranson – Lindholm5:18

    xG 0.32–0.10 (77%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Guhle5:05

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 1–0

  3. Holzer – Larsson5:06

    xG 0.00–0.39 (0%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Donskoi – Burakovsky4:05

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  2. Wilson – Nichushkin – Jost2:36

    xG 0.08–0.03 (75%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  3. Calvert – Nieto – Bellemare3:00

    xG 0.06–0.18 (25%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  4. Landeskog – Compher – MacKinnon4:12

    xG 0.10–0.22 (30%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Makar3:34

    xG 0.27–0.04 (86%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  2. Graves – Zadorov4:22

    xG 0.15–0.18 (46%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Girard5:37

    xG 0.14–0.28 (34%)attempts 4–5goals 0–2

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.

COL 3.7 xGANA 2.3 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 54/100 · #517 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 72% of the time.

COL winsANA wins

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

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

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