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Sat, Nov 16, 2019·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Colorado Avalanche 5, Vancouver Canucks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 76% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL18281611523
VAN1511121600432

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:56COLPierre-Edouard BellemareAssists: Erik Johnson, Nikita Zadorov · Deflected, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:27VANAdam GaudettePPAssists: Josh Leivo, Alexander Edler · Snap, 0.20 xG1–1
  3. P2 7:51COLNathan MacKinnonPPAssists: Cale Makar, Andre Burakovsky · Slap, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:28COLNazem KadriAssists: Cale Makar, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:58VANAdam GaudettePPAssists: Sven Baertschi, Tanner Pearson · Snap, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:09COLAndre BurakovskyAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Snap, 0.18 xG4–2
  7. P3 17:23VANAlexander EdlerAssists: Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.18 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:00VANBrock BoeserAssists: Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes · Snap, 0.39 xG4–4
  9. OT 0:27COLNathan MacKinnonGWGAssists: Cale Makar, J.T. Compher · Snap, 0.16 xG5–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:35COLRyan Graves: Holding2 min
  2. P1 3:31VANChris Tanev: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 4:35VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min
  4. P1 10:05COLMatt Calvert: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P1 18:07COLRyan Graves: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 6:48VANSven Baertschi: High sticking2 min · PPG
  7. P2 11:53VANAlexander Edler: Holding2 min
  8. P2 13:17COLNazem Kadri: Hooking2 min
  9. P2 15:29VANAdam Gaudette: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 18:52COLIan Cole: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. P3 3:03COLNikita Zadorov: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 13:13COLJoonas Donskoi: Holding the stick2 min
  13. P3 13:13VANElias Pettersson: Interference2 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 SOG0VAN
45% to win55% to win
← COL attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Horvat won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLVAN
23Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals4.1
43Shot attempts74
21Faceoffs won38
5Power plays6
14Penalty minutes12
10Hits16
24Blocked shots15
2Giveaways8
9Takeaways6

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. bestKadri – Burakovsky – Compher7:01

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  2. Nieto – Nichushkin – Bellemare6:25

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

  3. Calvert – Donskoi – MacKinnon9:20

    xG 0.34–0.64 (35%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirard – Makar3:20

    xG 0.35–0.03 (93%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Girard10:05

    xG 0.11–0.24 (31%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  3. Graves – Makar6:37

    xG 0.18–0.42 (30%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Boeser – Pettersson10:04

    xG 0.48–0.08 (85%)attempts 15–4goals 0–1

  2. Eriksson – Schaller – Horvat2:45

    xG 0.48–0.19 (71%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Leivo – Baertschi – Gaudette6:46

    xG 0.67–0.43 (61%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  4. Pearson – Horvat – Virtanen6:56

    xG 0.10–0.36 (23%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hughes9:50

    xG 0.89–0.10 (90%)attempts 13–3goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Stecher6:56

    xG 0.14–0.10 (58%)attempts 7–3goals 0–1

  3. Edler – Myers13:11

    xG 0.57–1.29 (31%)attempts 12–17goals 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.

VAN 4.1 xGCOL 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #46 of 1082 this seasonSwing 2.53 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Vancouver Canucks win this game 76% of the time.

VAN winsCOL wins

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

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