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Thu, Oct 13, 2022·Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary

Colorado Avalanche 3, Calgary Flames 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 66% of the time.

CGY winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL13010212325
CGY1142825527

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:39COLBowen ByramAssists: Devon Toews, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:23CGYBrett RitchieAssists: Milan Lucic, MacKenzie Weegar · Snap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:31CGYDillon DubeSHAssists: Andrew Mangiapane · Snap, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P2 14:52CGYRasmus AnderssonAssists: MacKenzie Weegar · Slap, 0.25 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:12CGYTyler ToffoliPPGWGAssists: Nazem Kadri, Rasmus Andersson · Deflected, 0.17 xG1–4
  6. P3 2:47CGYElias LindholmPPAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau · Snap, 0.23 xG1–5
  7. P3 3:08COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Pavel Francouz · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–5
  8. P3 11:01COLValeri NichushkinPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen · Tip-in, 0.17 xG3–5
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 1:21COLJosh Manson: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 1:21CGYDillon Dube: Cross checking2 min
  3. P1 13:07COLLogan O'Connor: High sticking2 min
  4. P1 18:06COLCale Makar: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 0:54CGYNoah Hanifin: Holding2 min
  6. P2 12:42COLNathan MacKinnon: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 12:42CGYMikael Backlund: Holding2 min
  8. P2 12:42CGYRasmus Andersson: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 19:21COLErik Johnson: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  10. P3 1:12COLCale Makar: High sticking2 min · PPG
  11. P3 4:03CGYNikita Zadorov: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 9:25CGYMilan Lucic: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  13. P3 19:39COLArtturi Lehkonen: Hooking2 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 SOG0CGY
49% to win51% to win
← COL attackCGY attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCGY
25Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals3.3
49Shot attempts52
27Faceoffs won38
4Power plays5
14Penalty minutes12
17Hits26
15Blocked shots10
12Giveaways10
9Takeaways11

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 – Compher – O'Connor5:25

    xG 0.23–0.03 (90%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen8:48

    xG 0.66–0.52 (56%)attempts 13–8goals 1–0

  3. Sedlak – MacDermid – Meyers2:43

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Nichushkin – Rodrigues – Newhook7:52

    xG 0.28–0.73 (28%)attempts 6–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirard – Byram3:48

    xG 0.40–0.06 (86%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Makar10:22

    xG 0.41–0.32 (56%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Manson2:57

    xG 0.03–0.06 (33%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Mangiapane – Dube8:52

    xG 0.49–0.14 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Toffoli – Huberdeau – Lindholm8:54

    xG 0.29–0.18 (61%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Lucic – Ritchie – Rooney8:21

    xG 0.19–0.22 (47%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  4. Lewis – Backlund – Coleman7:42

    xG 0.43–0.58 (43%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Weegar12:08

    xG 0.71–0.31 (70%)attempts 13–6goals 1–1

  2. Stone – Zadorov8:59

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Hanifin – Andersson13:18

    xG 0.57–0.57 (50%)attempts 11–16goals 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.

CGY 3.3 xGCOL 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CGYCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #468 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CGY 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Calgary Flames win this game 66% of the time.

CGY winsCOL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).