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Tue, Nov 19, 2019·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Colorado Avalanche 3, Calgary Flames 2

Expected result

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

CGY winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL2711306326
CGY01311119233

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:21COLAndre BurakovskyAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P1 18:25COLAndre BurakovskyAssists: Joonas Donskoi, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:15COLVladislav KamenevGWGAssists: J.T. Compher, Valeri Nichushkin · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–0
  4. P2 17:41CGYDerek RyanAssists: Milan Lucic · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P3 15:44CGYAndrew MangiapaneAssists: Oliver Kylington, Sean Monahan · Wrist, 0.12 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 15:34COLJ.T. Compher: Interference2 min
  2. P2 4:38CGYMark Giordano: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 9:32CGYElias Lindholm: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 19:39COLIan Cole: High sticking2 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 SOG0CGY
45% to win55% to win
← COL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCGY
26Shots on goal33
2.9Expected goals2.7
53Shot attempts68
25Faceoffs won31
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
10Hits21
21Blocked shots11
7Giveaways20
8Takeaways11

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. Nieto – Megna – Bellemare10:38

    xG 0.25–0.24 (51%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Tynan – Kamenev – O'Connor6:55

    xG 0.14–0.14 (51%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Kadri – Compher – Nichushkin10:49

    xG 0.14–0.21 (41%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Donskoi – Burakovsky – MacKinnon13:15

    xG 0.64–1.13 (36%)attempts 11–25goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGraves – Makar12:04

    xG 0.47–0.38 (55%)attempts 12–15goals 1–0

  2. Zadorov – Makar2:06

    xG 0.07–0.02 (82%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Zadorov16:45

    xG 0.43–0.41 (51%)attempts 13–19goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestLucic – Ryan – Dube11:14

    xG 1.10–0.32 (78%)attempts 23–9goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Monahan – Mangiapane3:55

    xG 0.12–0.03 (79%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

  3. Monahan – Mangiapane – Tkachuk7:31

    xG 0.37–0.31 (54%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

  4. Gaudreau – Monahan – Tkachuk2:23

    xG 0.04–0.01 (75%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGiordano – Andersson16:18

    xG 1.18–0.84 (59%)attempts 24–16goals 1–2

  2. Davidson – Hanifin2:49

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  3. Davidson – Kylington8:41

    xG 0.22–0.21 (50%)attempts 6–9goals 1–1

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.

CGY 2.7 xGCOL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #438 of 1082 this seasonSwing 0.90 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CGY 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 53% of the time.

CGY winsCOL wins

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

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