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Sat, Nov 5, 2022·Nokia Arena, TampereNeutral site

Colorado Avalanche 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 79% of the time.

CBJ winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL112317116545
CBJ11304015132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:33COLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · Snap, 0.22 xG1–0
  2. P1 12:27CBJBoone JennerPPAssists: Zach Werenski, Jack Roslovic · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:22COLMartin KautGWGAssists: Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · Snap, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P2 4:13COLLogan O'ConnorAssists: Cale Makar, Devon Toews · Deflected, 0.06 xG3–1
  5. P2 4:50COLDevon ToewsAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Snap, 0.11 xG4–1
  6. P3 1:36COLAlex NewhookAssists: Evan Rodrigues, Martin Kaut · Snap, 0.07 xG5–1
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:49CBJGustav Nyquist: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 11:59COLSamuel Girard: Holding2 min · PPG
  3. P2 18:53COLKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 18:53CBJMathieu Olivier: 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 SOG0CBJ
49% to win51% to win
← COL attackCBJ attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLCBJ
45Shots on goal32
3.7Expected goals1.9
76Shot attempts51
37Faceoffs won28
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
10Hits13
13Blocked shots20
2Giveaways2
3Takeaways1

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. bestLehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen14:16

    xG 1.33–0.67 (67%)attempts 27–20goals 2–0

  2. Rodrigues – Kaut – Newhook8:46

    xG 0.55–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–2goals 1–0

  3. Cogliano – Compher – O'Connor6:28

    xG 0.40–0.16 (71%)attempts 9–5goals 1–0

  4. MacDermid – Hunt – Maltsev3:52

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar14:58

    xG 1.19–0.57 (68%)attempts 26–15goals 3–0

  2. Manson – Girard10:00

    xG 0.51–0.11 (83%)attempts 14–4goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – MacDonald2:29

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestJenner – Olivier – Foudy2:19

    xG 0.43–0.03 (94%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Nyquist – Jenner – Laine2:33

    xG 0.02–0.01 (61%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Nyquist – Roslovic – Laine2:55

    xG 0.04–0.06 (39%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Kuraly – Olivier – Foudy5:18

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Werenski – Blankenburg19:54

    xG 0.50–0.88 (36%)attempts 18–22goals 0–2

  2. Gudbranson – Bean16:30

    xG 0.56–1.16 (32%)attempts 12–22goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Peeke13:58

    xG 0.27–1.13 (19%)attempts 10–25goals 0–2

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.

CBJ 1.9 xGCOL 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CBJCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 27/100 · #1030 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.91 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50CBJ 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +19 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 79% of the time.

CBJ winsCOL wins

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

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