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Sat, Jan 15, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Colorado Avalanche 5, Arizona Coyotes 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 73% of the time.

ARI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11031418532
ARI060707020

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:13COLNathan MacKinnonPPGWGAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar · Backhand, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 10:49COLMikko RantanenAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–0
  3. P2 12:11COLNazem KadriAssists: Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P2 14:30COLMikko RantanenUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG4–0
  5. P3 19:39COLNathan MacKinnonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 3:15ARIPhil Kessel: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  2. P1 4:20COLMikko Rantanen: Interference2 min
  3. P1 11:11ARIAlex Galchenyuk: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 12:17ARIJ.J. Moser: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P1 15:26COLKurtis MacDermid: Interference2 min
  6. P2 17:49ARIAntoine Roussel: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0ARI
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Larsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLARI
32Shots on goal20
3.2Expected goals1.8
59Shot attempts34
26Faceoffs won23
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes16
25Hits16
5Blocked shots15
9Giveaways14
11Takeaways8

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 – Rantanen12:31

    xG 0.93–0.24 (79%)attempts 14–5goals 1–0

  2. Jost – Maltsev – O'Connor8:38

    xG 0.18–0.15 (53%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  3. Compher – Aube-Kubel – Newhook6:12

    xG 0.40–0.43 (48%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Burakovsky – Nichushkin6:42

    xG 0.25–0.59 (30%)attempts 8–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirard – Makar3:28

    xG 0.34–0.02 (94%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Girard6:17

    xG 0.33–0.09 (79%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Toews3:39

    xG 0.26–0.09 (73%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – Larsson – Crouse11:14

    xG 0.60–0.15 (81%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Roussel – Fischer6:47

    xG 0.57–0.30 (66%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Ladd – Kessel – Larsson2:20

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

  4. Ladd – Boyd – Keller11:02

    xG 0.26–0.55 (33%)attempts 6–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMayo – Lyubushkin3:14

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Soderstrom – Kolyachonok13:17

    xG 0.79–0.71 (53%)attempts 9–13goals 0–2

  3. Gostisbehere – Mayo15:21

    xG 0.41–0.75 (36%)attempts 11–20goals 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.

ARI 1.8 xGCOL 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 8/100 · #1212 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.69 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 73% of the time.

ARI winsCOL wins

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

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