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Mon, Jan 20, 2020·Pepsi Center, Denver

Detroit Red Wings 3, Colorado Avalanche 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 83% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET1120726325
COL018216412646

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:28DETTyler BertuzziAssists: Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 1:02COLNazem KadriAssists: Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:56COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:19COLNazem KadriPPAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Nikita Zadorov · Snap, 0.08 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:12COLMatt NietoPPGWGAssists: Tyson Jost, Ryan Graves · Snap, 0.15 xG1–4
  6. P3 7:02DETDylan LarkinAssists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Filip Zadina · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 13:59COLRyan GravesPPAssists: Andre Burakovsky, Nazem Kadri · Slap, 0.02 xG2–5
  8. P3 17:57DETGivani SmithAssists: Robby Fabbri, Dylan Larkin · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:00COLNathan MacKinnonENAssists: Ian Cole, Nikita Zadorov · Wrist, 0.54 xG3–6
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 6:56DETPatrik Nemeth: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:06DETPatrik Nemeth: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 12:01COLMatt Calvert: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P1 17:33DETTyler Bertuzzi: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 14:53DETMadison Bowey: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
45% to win55% to win
← DET attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Larkin won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCOL
25Shots on goal46
2.3Expected goals4.6
45Shot attempts73
27Faceoffs won37
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
27Hits18
15Blocked shots12
7Giveaways9
12Takeaways6

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestHelm – Glendening – Erne8:45

    xG 0.48–0.25 (65%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  2. Filppula – Fabbri – Smith5:46

    xG 0.02–0.22 (8%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

  3. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Zadina12:51

    xG 0.72–0.94 (44%)attempts 15–16goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestNemeth – Bowey4:22

    xG 0.22–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 2–0

  2. Daley – Bowey4:13

    xG 0.50–0.37 (58%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  3. Nemeth – Hronek4:35

    xG 0.18–0.19 (49%)attempts 4–7goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestNieto – Kamenev – Jost7:20

    xG 0.60–0.15 (80%)attempts 8–5goals 1–1

  2. Calvert – Compher – Bellemare8:42

    xG 0.62–0.20 (75%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen10:37

    xG 0.36–0.02 (96%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Burakovsky – Nichushkin9:42

    xG 0.68–0.38 (64%)attempts 18–10goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGraves – Makar12:54

    xG 0.45–0.13 (78%)attempts 10–9goals 3–0

  2. Johnson – Girard11:49

    xG 0.56–0.27 (68%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Zadorov12:59

    xG 0.78–0.76 (51%)attempts 18–9goals 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.

COL 4.6 xGDET 2.3 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 75/100 · #276 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.15 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 83% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

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

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+6
+7

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