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Thu, Mar 3, 2022·Gila River Arena, Glendale

Colorado Avalanche 1, Arizona Coyotes 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 55% of the time.

ARI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL012118013143
ARI0811318229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:48COLDevon ToewsAssists: Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:11ARILoui ErikssonAssists: Antoine Roussel, J.J. Moser · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:27ARINick SchmaltzGWGAssists: Clayton Keller, Jakob Chychrun · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P2 8:57ARIShayne Gostisbehere: Cross checking2 min
  2. P2 15:45COLNazem Kadri: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 0:07ARIAntoine Roussel: Interference2 min
  4. P3 19:56ARIDysin Mayo: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P3 19:56COLNathan MacKinnon: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  6. P3 19:56ARIJakob Chychrun: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 19:56ARIDysin Mayo: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 19:56COLGabriel Landeskog: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 19:56COLNathan MacKinnon: Fighting5 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 Fischer
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLARI
43Shots on goal29
3.4Expected goals3.1
69Shot attempts46
28Faceoffs won31
3Power plays1
14Penalty minutes18
27Hits22
12Blocked shots17
20Giveaways14
2Takeaways3

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 – Landeskog – Newhook9:59

    xG 0.61–0.35 (63%)attempts 15–6goals 0–0

  2. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen6:27

    xG 0.19–0.10 (65%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  3. Helm – MacDermid – Aube-Kubel4:31

    xG 0.20–0.12 (63%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Compher – Jost – O'Connor7:08

    xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Murray5:56

    xG 0.57–0.28 (67%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Girard9:14

    xG 0.40–0.23 (63%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Girard4:18

    xG 0.22–0.11 (65%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBoyd – Schmaltz – Keller13:01

    xG 0.68–0.48 (59%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  2. Roussel – Fischer – Crouse10:19

    xG 0.70–0.70 (50%)attempts 12–15goals 0–0

  3. Eriksson – Ritchie – Hayton9:24

    xG 0.10–0.35 (22%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

  4. Kessel – Galchenyuk – Maccelli11:06

    xG 0.17–0.69 (20%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGostisbehere – Mayo13:57

    xG 0.51–0.39 (57%)attempts 7–13goals 0–1

  2. Mayo – Chychrun2:25

    xG 0.20–0.11 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Stralman – Gostisbehere2:03

    xG 0.16–0.10 (62%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

ARI 3.1 xGCOL 3.4 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 32/100 · #937 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.16 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 26% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +27 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 55% 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).