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Fri, Mar 25, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Philadelphia Flyers 3, Colorado Avalanche 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 78% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI110110111331
COL418118115651

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 7:20COLNazem KadriAssists: J.T. Compher, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:02PHIJames van RiemsdykAssists: Joel Farabee, Cam Atkinson · Snap, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 13:46COLCale MakarPPAssists: Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P1 16:17COLJ.T. CompherAssists: Nazem Kadri, Josh Manson · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P1 18:06COLMikko RantanenGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–4
  6. P2 12:19COLKurtis MacDermidAssists: Andrew Cogliano, Darren Helm · Slap, 0.03 xG1–5
  7. P2 19:28PHIZack MacEwenAssists: Cam York · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–5
  8. P3 7:44PHIMax WillmanAssists: Travis Sanheim, Kevin Hayes · Backhand, 0.10 xG3–5
  9. P3 8:25COLCale MakarAssists: Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–6
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 13:41PHIKevin Connauton: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 13:40PHIJoel Farabee: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 19:36COLJack Johnson: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 5:25PHIZack MacEwen: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 12:35PHIJoel Farabee: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 12:35COLNazem Kadri: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 12:35COLNazem Kadri: Holding2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICOL
31Shots on goal51
2.2Expected goals3.9
43Shot attempts83
28Faceoffs won41
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
12Hits12
18Blocked shots11
7Giveaways2
8Takeaways7

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. Brown – Willman – MacEwen2:15

    xG 0.00–0.12 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

  2. Willman – Tippett – Frost8:57

    xG 0.32–0.45 (42%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Hayes – Lindblom – Hodgson10:54

    xG 0.54–0.81 (40%)attempts 10–20goals 0–1

  4. van Riemsdyk – Atkinson – Farabee10:32

    xG 0.49–1.04 (32%)attempts 9–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Yandle – Seeler3:17

    xG 0.07–0.07 (49%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim16:22

    xG 0.88–1.09 (45%)attempts 13–31goals 1–0

  3. Provorov – York13:38

    xG 0.18–0.48 (27%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen12:55

    xG 1.13–0.64 (64%)attempts 16–14goals 1–1

  2. Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor3:11

    xG 0.14–0.01 (90%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. O'Connor – Sturm – Newhook2:51

    xG 0.03–0.00 (93%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Burakovsky – Compher7:07

    xG 0.46–0.45 (51%)attempts 17–3goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar20:28

    xG 1.22–0.81 (60%)attempts 22–18goals 1–2

  2. Johnson – Manson13:30

    xG 0.63–0.75 (46%)attempts 21–8goals 1–0

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 3.9 xGPHI 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #374 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50COL 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 78% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

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

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