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Wed, Jan 19, 2022·Honda Center, Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 2, Anaheim Ducks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 80% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0819111228
ANA011010013034

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:29COLSamuel GirardGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri, Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:51COLNazem KadriENAssists: J.T. Compher, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.66 xG2–0
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 4:31ANAJacob Larsson: Holding2 min
  2. P1 7:37COLErik Johnson: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 13:03COLKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 13:03ANANicolas Deslauriers: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 16:50COLTyson Jost: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 6:08COLNazem Kadri: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 12:04ANAGreg Pateryn: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 6:32COLMikko Rantanen: Interference2 min
  9. P3 8:49COLMikko Rantanen: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 8:49ANANicolas Deslauriers: Roughing2 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
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Lundeström
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLANA
28Shots on goal34
4.4Expected goals2.5
60Shot attempts55
24Faceoffs won28
2Power plays4
15Penalty minutes11
13Hits15
8Blocked shots16
8Giveaways12
5Takeaways7

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 – Rantanen16:13

    xG 0.86–0.49 (64%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Burakovsky – O'Connor9:03

    xG 0.55–0.41 (57%)attempts 12–13goals 1–0

  3. Compher – Aube-Kubel – Newhook5:12

    xG 0.07–0.38 (15%)attempts 2–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Johnson2:01

    xG 0.27–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Makar9:44

    xG 0.44–0.25 (64%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Girard – Makar5:54

    xG 0.45–0.29 (61%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestSteel – Lettieri – Comtois6:13

    xG 0.45–0.05 (90%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Getzlaf – Rakell – Zegras11:16

    xG 0.55–0.36 (61%)attempts 14–8goals 0–1

  3. Grant – Silfverberg – Lundeström9:22

    xG 0.32–0.42 (43%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Deslauriers – Carrick – Robinson6:15

    xG 0.12–0.27 (31%)attempts 4–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Guhle7:16

    xG 0.45–0.03 (94%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Larsson12:25

    xG 0.58–0.37 (61%)attempts 15–10goals 0–1

  3. Lindholm – Drysdale14:52

    xG 0.45–0.78 (36%)attempts 10–15goals 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 2.5 xGCOL 4.4 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 11/100 · #1184 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.85 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 80% 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).