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Sat, Jan 14, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Ottawa Senators 0, Colorado Avalanche 7

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 59% of the time.

COL winsOTT wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
OTT01001108029
COL21221437733

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:45COLMikko RantanenGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Evan Rodrigues · Wrist, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:50COLAlex NewhookAssists: Logan O'Connor, Andrew Cogliano · Slap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 9:05COLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Devon Toews · Backhand, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P2 15:57COLMikko RantanenAssists: Alex Newhook, Samuel Girard · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–4
  5. P3 8:18COLArtturi LehkonenPPAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Backhand, 0.09 xG0–5
  6. P3 15:49COLBrad HuntAssists: Andreas Englund, Artturi Lehkonen · Slap, 0.04 xG0–6
  7. P3 18:10COLAlex NewhookAssists: Logan O'Connor · Snap, 0.14 xG0–7
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 9:20OTTShane Pinto: Holding2 min
  2. P1 14:34COLMikko Rantanen: Interference2 min
  3. P2 3:01OTTAustin Watson: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 3:01COLAndreas Englund: Fighting5 min
  5. P3 1:54COLKurtis MacDermid: Cross checking2 min
  6. P3 7:21OTTNick Holden: Holding2 min · PPG
  7. P3 9:36COLSampo Ranta: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 18:46OTTTravis Hamonic: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 18:46COLLogan O'Connor: Roughing2 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.

OTT00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

OTTCOL
29Shots on goal33
2.6Expected goals3.1
57Shot attempts59
36Faceoffs won26
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
16Hits20
13Blocked shots16
3Giveaways8
5Takeaways12

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.

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. bestBrassard – Watson – Kastelic4:57

    xG 0.33–0.14 (70%)attempts 8–4goals 0–2

  2. DeBrincat – Tkachuk – Stützle12:22

    xG 0.50–0.65 (44%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Gambrell – Kelly – Lucchini7:21

    xG 0.06–0.38 (13%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  4. Giroux – Batherson – Pinto14:54

    xG 0.73–1.11 (40%)attempts 18–18goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHolden – Brannstrom8:50

    xG 0.33–0.19 (64%)attempts 13–4goals 0–1

  2. Chabot – Zub11:56

    xG 0.48–0.51 (49%)attempts 8–19goals 0–2

  3. Holden – Sanderson3:06

    xG 0.11–0.14 (43%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLehkonen – MacKinnon – Rodrigues9:57

    xG 1.13–0.06 (95%)attempts 21–5goals 1–0

  2. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen2:06

    xG 0.08–0.04 (67%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Compher – Rantanen – Newhook5:28

    xG 0.31–0.33 (48%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  4. Cogliano – O'Connor – Meyers2:23

    xG 0.03–0.12 (19%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Englund2:54

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Girard – Makar2:51

    xG 0.24–0.09 (73%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Girard7:33

    xG 0.46–0.33 (58%)attempts 13–9goals 1–0

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 3.1 xGOTT 2.6 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLOTT

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 OTT. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1299 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
OTT 100%5050%50COL 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 59% of the time.

COL winsOTT wins

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

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