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Fri, Jan 22, 2021·Honda Center, Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 3, Anaheim Ducks 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

ANA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL1130311412332
ANA0181911100238

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:56COLJoonas DonskoiPPAssists: Samuel Girard, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:47ANAHampus LindholmAssists: Rickard Rakell, Ryan Getzlaf · Slap, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:20COLMikko RantanenAssists: Bowen Byram, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–1
  4. P3 7:42ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Danton Heinen, Jakob Silfverberg · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:38COLGabriel LandeskogGWGAssists: Cale Makar · Wrap-around, 0.13 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:59ANAHampus Lindholm: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 10:18COLMartin Kaut: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 16:21COLBrandon Saad: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:32ANAHampus Lindholm: Cross checking2 min
  5. P2 13:09COLBrandon Saad: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:00COLTyson Jost: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 19:57ANAMaxime Comtois: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 8:31ANAHampus Lindholm: Penalty shot covering puck in crease0 min
  9. P3 8:59COLPierre-Edouard Bellemare: Hooking2 min
  10. P3 10:45ANARickard Rakell: Too many men on the ice2 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 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Grant won the faceoff against Kadri
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLANA
32Shots on goal38
4.0Expected goals3.8
65Shot attempts60
35Faceoffs won30
4Power plays5
10Penalty minutes8
20Hits19
11Blocked shots21
11Giveaways10
7Takeaways6

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. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen14:50

    xG 0.88–0.66 (57%)attempts 25–13goals 1–0

  2. Kadri – Saad – Nichushkin7:13

    xG 0.46–0.48 (49%)attempts 9–8goals 0–2

  3. Bellemare – Jost – Kaut4:57

    xG 0.05–0.14 (26%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Calvert – Donskoi – Compher6:01

    xG 0.14–0.28 (34%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar10:04

    xG 0.74–0.07 (91%)attempts 18–5goals 0–0

  2. Makar – Byram5:00

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Pateryn – Byram3:51

    xG 0.24–0.13 (64%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestHenrique – Silfverberg – Heinen7:40

    xG 1.00–0.38 (73%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Terry – Steel – Comtois5:24

    xG 0.10–0.07 (58%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Getzlaf – Rakell – Jones10:51

    xG 0.56–0.60 (48%)attempts 12–18goals 1–0

  4. Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney12:15

    xG 0.22–0.73 (23%)attempts 9–19goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Hakanpää13:39

    xG 0.60–0.41 (59%)attempts 12–11goals 1–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Lindholm15:36

    xG 0.91–0.77 (54%)attempts 17–23goals 1–1

  3. Welinski – Larsson9:18

    xG 0.46–0.46 (50%)attempts 8–9goals 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 3.8 xGCOL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 77/100 · #193 of 868 this seasonSwing 2.08 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +33 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.

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).