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Fri, Apr 22, 2022·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 3, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 68% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL19112116337
EDM0841029627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:29COLValeri NichushkinAssists: Bowen Byram, Cale Makar · Snap, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 2:41EDMEvander KaneAssists: Connor McDavid · Wrap-around, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:03EDMEvan BouchardAssists: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Kris Russell · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:18COLValeri NichushkinAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Andre Burakovsky · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:19EDMEvander KaneAssists: Duncan Keith, Kailer Yamamoto · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 14:20EDMEvander KaneGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Brett Kulak · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:45EDMKailer YamamotoAssists: Evander Kane, Connor McDavid · Backhand, 0.06 xG2–5
  8. P3 18:20COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Andre Burakovsky, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–5
  9. P3 18:47EDMKris RussellENAssists: Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.48 xG3–6
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 9:56COLKurtis MacDermid: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:15EDMDarnell Nurse: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:59EDMZack Kassian: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 19:47EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 6:07COLJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 9:42EDMBrett Kulak: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 1:00EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Holding2 min
  8. P3 7:27EDMKailer Yamamoto: Holding2 min
  9. P3 7:27COLNicolas Aube-Kubel: Cross checking2 min
  10. P3 15:51EDMZack Kassian: Bench2 min
  11. P3 18:42COLArtturi Lehkonen: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 18:42EDMEvander Kane: 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 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
37Shots on goal27
4.0Expected goals2.9
68Shot attempts49
23Faceoffs won28
6Power plays2
8Penalty minutes16
12Hits29
14Blocked shots18
11Giveaways9
14Takeaways14

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. bestCogliano – Helm – O'Connor4:35

    xG 0.42–0.17 (72%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Nichushkin9:41

    xG 0.52–0.52 (50%)attempts 9–9goals 2–1

  3. Kadri – Compher – Lehkonen5:43

    xG 0.26–0.49 (35%)attempts 7–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMakar – Byram8:10

    xG 0.61–0.09 (87%)attempts 8–5goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Manson4:02

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Makar3:56

    xG 0.15–0.35 (29%)attempts 3–4goals 1–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl5:35

    xG 0.66–0.23 (74%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  2. Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele2:39

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  3. Hyman – Draisaitl – McLeod4:22

    xG 0.26–0.17 (60%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Kane – McDavid – Yamamoto10:45

    xG 0.63–0.56 (53%)attempts 12–14goals 3–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Bouchard12:06

    xG 0.79–0.33 (70%)attempts 18–8goals 2–0

  2. Russell – Ceci5:32

    xG 0.47–0.37 (56%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Russell – Barrie2:50

    xG 0.06–0.03 (63%)attempts 2–2goals 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.

EDM 2.9 xGCOL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 77/100 · #350 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.55 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 68% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

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