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Sun, Apr 11, 2021·Honda Center, Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 4, Anaheim Ducks 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 78% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL115112210437
ANA0701018125

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:46COLAndre BurakovskyAssists: Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:35COLGabriel LandeskogPPGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · Tip-in, 0.31 xG2–0
  3. P3 12:37ANAJamie DrysdaleAssists: Troy Terry, Sam Carrick · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:13COLRyan GravesAssists: Tyson Jost, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.14 xG3–1
  5. P3 16:54COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Cale Makar, Gabriel Landeskog · Tip-in, 0.12 xG4–1
Penalties (16)
  1. P1 8:22ANANicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 8:22COLLiam O'Brien: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 1:26COLCale Makar: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:45ANANicolas Deslauriers: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 5:43ANAMax Jones: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 14:05ANATroy Terry: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 16:35COLNazem Kadri: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 16:35ANAJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 8:57COLJ.T. Compher: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 11:48ANAMax Jones: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 11:48COLTyson Jost: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 18:16ANASam Carrick: Cross checking2 min
  13. P3 18:16ANASam Carrick: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 18:16ANASam Carrick: Misconduct10 min
  15. P3 18:16COLLiam O'Brien: Roughing2 min
  16. P3 18:16COLLiam O'Brien: Misconduct10 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ANA
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Henrique
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLANA
37Shots on goal25
4.5Expected goals2.6
71Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won24
4Power plays2
25Penalty minutes29
20Hits24
12Blocked shots19
8Giveaways12
6Takeaways3

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 – Rantanen13:49

    xG 0.93–0.24 (80%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  2. O'Brien – Compher – Bellemare5:28

    xG 0.35–0.07 (83%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Donskoi – Saad – Jost8:09

    xG 0.37–0.19 (66%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Burakovsky – Nichushkin9:06

    xG 0.64–0.66 (49%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBurroughs – Middleton6:39

    xG 0.57–0.05 (92%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Girard12:50

    xG 0.99–0.50 (66%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  3. Girard – Makar2:53

    xG 0.34–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Carrick – Terry – Jones6:53

    xG 0.69–0.65 (51%)attempts 11–11goals 0–1

  2. Getzlaf – Rakell – Comtois8:41

    xG 0.27–0.40 (40%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Grant – Deslauriers – Volkov6:27

    xG 0.02–0.46 (4%)attempts 1–8goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Silfverberg – Heinen12:49

    xG 0.20–0.74 (21%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFowler – Hakanpää11:00

    xG 0.49–0.41 (55%)attempts 9–17goals 0–1

  2. Hakanpää – Hutton2:17

    xG 0.00–0.14 (0%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Fowler2:49

    xG 0.06–0.24 (19%)attempts 3–4goals 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.

ANA 2.6 xGCOL 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #614 of 868 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 78% 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).