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Tue, Feb 1, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Arizona Coyotes 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 59% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
ARI0611117001324
COL01021709040240

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:42COLNazem KadriUnassisted · Backhand, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:54ARIAlex GalchenyukAssists: Ilya Lyubushkin, Clayton Keller · Backhand, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 19:17COLMikko RantanenAssists: Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:22ARILawson CrouseAssists: Jakob Chychrun, Phil Kessel · Backhand, 0.26 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. ARI Nick Schmaltz stopped
  2. 2. COL Gabriel Landeskog stopped
  3. 3. ARI Alex Galchenyuk scored
  4. 4. COL Mikko Rantanen stopped
  5. 5. ARI Clayton Keller stopped
  6. 6. COL Nazem Kadri stopped
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:11COLTyson Jost: Holding the stick2 min
  2. P1 13:11COLNazem Kadri: Interference2 min
  3. P1 16:09ARIAlex Galchenyuk: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 16:16COLNazem Kadri: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 17:08ARIAnton Stralman: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 18:21ARIIlya Lyubushkin: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 3:34ARILawson Crouse: Holding2 min
  8. OT 2:46COLValeri Nichushkin: Tripping2 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
48% to win52% to win
← ARI attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Galchenyuk won the faceoff against Rantanen
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICOL
24Shots on goal40
2.4Expected goals2.9
42Shot attempts69
36Faceoffs won25
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
25Hits24
17Blocked shots9
2Giveaways4
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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestKessel – Boyd – Crouse11:35

    xG 0.60–0.12 (83%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  2. Nash – Roussel – Fischer8:28

    xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 8–10goals 0–2

  3. Galchenyuk – Schmaltz – Keller11:17

    xG 0.08–0.31 (20%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  4. Ladd – Dzingel – O'Brien7:28

    xG 0.09–0.36 (21%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Mayo11:32

    xG 0.60–0.48 (55%)attempts 8–13goals 0–2

  2. Chychrun – Lyubushkin12:30

    xG 0.29–0.26 (53%)attempts 4–10goals 1–0

  3. Mayo – Lyubushkin2:07

    xG 0.04–0.05 (46%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLandeskog – Nichushkin – Rantanen11:10

    xG 0.59–0.08 (88%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0

  2. Compher – Jost – O'Connor8:01

    xG 0.26–0.05 (84%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Kadri – Burakovsky – Sikura9:39

    xG 0.30–0.18 (63%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  4. MacDermid – Aube-Kubel – Maltsev5:39

    xG 0.07–0.60 (11%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Girard2:39

    xG 0.22–0.04 (85%)attempts 11–1goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Murray6:27

    xG 0.28–0.13 (69%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Makar13:58

    xG 0.22–0.09 (72%)attempts 9–8goals 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.

COL 2.9 xGARI 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLARI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 78/100 · #342 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +44 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 59% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

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

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