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Tue, Jan 10, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Florida Panthers 5, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 82% of the time.

COL winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA311117110538
COL11304314431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 9:07FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Anton Lundell · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:52FLABrandon MontourAssists: Carter Verhaeghe, Sam Bennett · Snap, 0.12 xG2–0
  3. P1 13:47FLASam BennettPPAssists: Sam Reinhart · Snap, 0.26 xG3–0
  4. P1 19:06COLAndrew CoglianoAssists: Kurtis MacDermid, Cale Makar · Snap, 0.23 xG3–1
  5. P2 19:08FLAMatthew TkachukAssists: Aleksander Barkov, Brandon Montour · Wrist, 0.17 xG4–1
  6. P3 6:29COLMikko RantanenAssists: Brad Hunt, J.T. Compher · Wrap-around, 0.01 xG4–2
  7. P3 6:49COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Samuel Girard · Wrist, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 12:07COLJ.T. CompherAssists: Kurtis MacDermid, Evan Rodrigues · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–4
  9. P3 16:30FLAMatthew TkachukPPGWGUnassisted · Other, 1.00 xG5–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 3:17FLASam Reinhart: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:38COLArtturi Lehkonen: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 3:43FLAAnton Lundell: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 10:47FLARyan Lomberg: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 10:47FLAGivani Smith: Fighting5 min
  6. P2 10:47COLKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 10:47COLLogan O'Connor: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 14:21FLASam Bennett: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 9:41COLJ.T. Compher: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 9:41FLABrandon Montour: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 14:40COLMikko Rantanen: Interference2 min · PPG

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.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLACOL
38Shots on goal31
4.7Expected goals2.6
65Shot attempts60
37Faceoffs won30
2Power plays3
15Penalty minutes13
29Hits22
16Blocked shots13
7Giveaways12
8Takeaways4

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.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk11:22

    xG 0.63–0.44 (59%)attempts 13–12goals 1–3

  2. Staal – Cousins – Luostarinen8:52

    xG 0.30–0.14 (69%)attempts 8–7goals 0–1

  3. Barkov – Reinhart – Lundell13:01

    xG 0.22–0.21 (52%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  4. White – Lomberg – Smith4:50

    xG 0.26–0.42 (38%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMontour – Mahura2:30

    xG 0.50–0.07 (88%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Staal – Montour13:44

    xG 1.03–0.66 (61%)attempts 18–18goals 2–0

  3. Ekblad – Forsling17:34

    xG 0.52–0.34 (61%)attempts 11–12goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestCompher – Rantanen – Newhook7:14

    xG 0.33–0.22 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 1–1

  2. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rodrigues11:14

    xG 0.29–0.27 (52%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Compher – MacKinnon – Rantanen2:09

    xG 0.06–0.06 (51%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor4:53

    xG 0.02–0.11 (14%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Girard2:37

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Girard7:22

    xG 0.22–0.05 (82%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Girard – Makar2:24

    xG 0.02–0.20 (8%)attempts 1–4goals 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 2.6 xGFLA 4.7 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLFLA

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 FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 95/100 · #95 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.02 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 82% of the time.

COL winsFLA wins

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

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-6
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).