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Tue, Dec 27, 2022·Mullett Arena, Tempe

Colorado Avalanche 3, Arizona Coyotes 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 76% of the time.

ARI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11011219331
ARI212210211633

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:55ARIShayne GostisbehereAssists: Jakob Chychrun, Clayton Keller · Slap, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 4:32COLEvan RodriguesPPAssists: Cale Makar, J.T. Compher · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:33ARILawson CrouseAssists: Nick Bjugstad · Backhand, 0.05 xG1–2
  4. P2 5:59ARINick SchmaltzPPAssists: Nick Ritchie, Jakob Chychrun · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P2 11:23COLCale MakarAssists: J.T. Compher, Devon Toews · Snap, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P2 16:38ARIJ.J. MoserGWGAssists: Lawson Crouse, Juuso Välimäki · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–4
  7. P3 3:43ARIMichael CarconeAssists: Lawson Crouse, Jakob Chychrun · Slap, 0.16 xG2–5
  8. P3 5:24COLMikko RantanenAssists: Erik Johnson, Samuel Girard · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–5
  9. P3 19:04ARIClayton KellerENAssists: Nick Schmaltz · Wrist, 0.67 xG3–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:22ARIChristian Fischer: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P2 4:36COLAndreas Englund: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 14:24COLArtturi Lehkonen: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 7:00COLBrad Hunt: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 SOG0ARI
49% to win51% to win
← COL attackARI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Compher won the faceoff against Bjugstad
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLARI
31Shots on goal33
2.5Expected goals4.2
61Shot attempts53
30Faceoffs won20
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
27Hits22
9Blocked shots17
8Giveaways8
3Takeaways6

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. bestRodrigues – Malgin – Newhook10:16

    xG 0.92–0.38 (71%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Hudon – O'Connor – Meyers2:14

    xG 0.08–0.01 (86%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – O'Connor – Meyers9:21

    xG 0.25–0.54 (32%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

  4. Compher – Lehkonen – Rantanen13:50

    xG 0.44–0.82 (35%)attempts 14–14goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Englund7:56

    xG 0.70–0.29 (71%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Girard14:39

    xG 0.72–0.61 (54%)attempts 15–11goals 1–3

  3. Toews – Makar15:07

    xG 0.51–0.71 (42%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Crouse – Carcone10:53

    xG 0.69–0.45 (60%)attempts 7–12goals 2–0

  2. Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller13:39

    xG 0.67–0.51 (57%)attempts 11–15goals 1–1

  3. Ritchie – Fischer – Hayton9:38

    xG 0.56–0.47 (54%)attempts 12–9goals 0–1

  4. Kassian – Hayton – McBain5:43

    xG 0.18–0.49 (27%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVälimäki – Moser10:56

    xG 0.98–0.32 (75%)attempts 14–7goals 2–0

  2. Gostisbehere – Chychrun16:54

    xG 0.78–0.54 (59%)attempts 14–11goals 2–1

  3. Brown – Moser4:05

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 3–6goals 0–1

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.

ARI 4.2 xGCOL 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ARICOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 75/100 · #390 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 9 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ARI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Arizona Coyotes win this game 76% of the time.

ARI winsCOL wins

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

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