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Sat, Nov 12, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Carolina Hurricanes 1, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 72% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CAR0916010125
COL21101027428

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:29COLCale MakarPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:51COLCale MakarGWGAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:55CARJordan StaalAssists: Jordan Martinook, Jesper Fast · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P3 4:17COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Devon Toews · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:50COLMikko RantanenENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 4:51CARSebastian Aho: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 5:43COLCale Makar: Interference2 min
  3. P1 10:19COLJosh Manson: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 14:05CARAndrei Svechnikov: Roughing2 min · PPG
  5. P1 18:20CARJack Drury: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 2:50COLSampo Ranta: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 6:42COLJosh Manson: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P2 9:05CARJordan Martinook: Charging2 min
  9. P3 14:36COLAlex Newhook: High sticking2 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.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
49% to win51% to win
← CAR attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Compher won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARCOL
25Shots on goal28
2.0Expected goals3.2
55Shot attempts39
31Faceoffs won19
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
11Hits13
6Blocked shots17
4Giveaways6
6Takeaways5

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestAho – Necas – Svechnikov6:07

    xG 0.41–0.13 (76%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Staal – Fast – Martinook9:20

    xG 0.39–0.20 (67%)attempts 10–3goals 1–0

  3. Stastny – Stepan – Drury3:26

    xG 0.07–0.04 (65%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Noesen – Aho – Svechnikov4:27

    xG 0.22–0.19 (54%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Pesce11:18

    xG 0.57–0.19 (75%)attempts 14–2goals 0–1

  2. Burns – Slavin14:34

    xG 0.67–0.30 (69%)attempts 16–6goals 0–0

  3. de Haan – Chatfield8:27

    xG 0.02–0.57 (4%)attempts 5–7goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMegna – Hunt – Ranta4:07

    xG 0.40–0.16 (71%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Cogliano – Compher – O'Connor8:56

    xG 0.08–0.08 (50%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen10:57

    xG 0.46–0.48 (49%)attempts 6–13goals 1–0

  4. Rodrigues – Kaut – Newhook7:10

    xG 0.04–0.66 (6%)attempts 3–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Makar2:09

    xG 0.13–0.03 (83%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Toews4:36

    xG 0.22–0.12 (65%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Manson6:29

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–3goals 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.

COL 3.2 xGCAR 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCAR

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 CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 32/100 · #963 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50COL 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 72% of the time.

COL winsCAR wins

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

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