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Thu, Oct 21, 2021·FLA Live Arena, Sunrise

Colorado Avalanche 1, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 73% of the time.

FLA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11101208131
FLA1622319438

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:32FLASam ReinhartAssists: Mason Marchment, Anton Lundell · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 19:06COLMikko RantanenAssists: Samuel Girard, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 9:04FLASam BennettPPGWGAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Jonathan Huberdeau · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:13FLACarter VerhaegheUnassisted · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:47FLAAnton LundellENAssists: Mason Marchment, Radko Gudas · Wrist, 0.72 xG1–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:15FLABrandon Montour: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 16:09COLLogan O'Connor: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:44COLCale Makar: Cross checking2 min
  4. P2 3:26FLASam Bennett: Interference2 min
  5. P2 8:00COLMikko Rantanen: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  6. P2 9:14FLAMason Marchment: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 3:52COLErik Johnson: Boarding2 min
  8. P3 15:30COLGabriel Landeskog: Boarding2 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 SOG0FLA
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Barkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLFLA
31Shots on goal38
2.5Expected goals3.7
49Shot attempts66
25Faceoffs won37
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
26Hits26
18Blocked shots12
9Giveaways14
11Takeaways9

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 – Maltsev8:42

    xG 0.86–0.17 (84%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Jost – O'Connor7:02

    xG 0.20–0.09 (68%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Compher – Kaut – Ranta5:05

    xG 0.23–0.32 (42%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0

  4. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:48

    xG 0.42–0.57 (43%)attempts 8–14goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Girard8:43

    xG 0.79–0.46 (63%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Murray10:01

    xG 0.33–0.10 (77%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  3. Makar – Byram13:04

    xG 0.40–0.48 (46%)attempts 9–18goals 0–1

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestHornqvist – Vatrano – Luostarinen8:18

    xG 0.56–0.23 (71%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Reinhart – Marchment – Lundell9:01

    xG 0.25–0.03 (90%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov9:13

    xG 0.28–0.50 (36%)attempts 9–11goals 1–0

  4. Huberdeau – Bennett – Tippett9:24

    xG 0.16–0.87 (16%)attempts 7–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestConnauton – Montour11:38

    xG 1.21–0.57 (68%)attempts 27–15goals 0–0

  2. Weegar – Ekblad14:57

    xG 0.66–0.05 (93%)attempts 13–4goals 2–0

  3. Gudas – Forsling14:17

    xG 0.19–1.21 (14%)attempts 9–18goals 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.

FLA 3.7 xGCOL 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #898 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50FLA 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, Florida Panthers win this game 73% of the time.

FLA winsCOL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).