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Mon, Jan 16, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Detroit Red Wings 3, Colorado Avalanche 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DET0818213329
COL21031215627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:12COLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Cale Makar, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 18:04COLCale MakarPPAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P2 3:05COLCale MakarAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–3
  4. P2 10:06COLJ.T. CompherPPGWGAssists: Evan Rodrigues, Samuel Girard · Tip-in, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P2 15:53COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Evan Rodrigues, Devon Toews · Tip-in, 0.11 xG0–5
  6. P2 18:58DETAndrew CoppAssists: David Perron, Michael Rasmussen · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–5
  7. P3 3:40DETBen ChiarotAssists: Filip Hronek, Dylan Larkin · Slap, 0.02 xG2–5
  8. P3 5:24COLNathan MacKinnonUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–6
  9. P3 19:26DETDavid PerronAssists: Moritz Seider, Michael Rasmussen · Tip-in, 0.11 xG3–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 5:12DETDavid Perron: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  2. P1 11:13COLLogan O'Connor: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 13:26DETRobby Fabbri: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:25DETDavid Perron: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 8:41DETDylan Larkin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:31COLAlex Newhook: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  7. P3 3:32DETMichael Rasmussen: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 3:32COLEvan Rodrigues: 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.

DET00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DETCOL
29Shots on goal27
2.5Expected goals2.5
53Shot attempts61
33Faceoffs won20
2Power plays4
10Penalty minutes6
23Hits20
24Blocked shots10
2Giveaways7
5Takeaways10

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.

Detroit Red Wings

Forward lines

  1. bestPerron – Copp – Rasmussen4:40

    xG 0.57–0.01 (98%)attempts 10–1goals 2–0

  2. Copp – Rasmussen – Berggren4:38

    xG 0.31–0.02 (95%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Erne – Veleno – Berggren4:46

    xG 0.12–0.05 (73%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  4. Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond3:51

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWalman – Seider13:14

    xG 0.76–0.31 (71%)attempts 15–11goals 1–0

  2. Maatta – Oesterle10:44

    xG 0.36–0.34 (52%)attempts 5–13goals 0–1

  3. Chiarot – Hronek11:56

    xG 0.24–0.26 (48%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLehkonen – MacKinnon – Rodrigues7:07

    xG 0.53–0.28 (65%)attempts 15–7goals 1–0

  2. Compher – Rodrigues – Newhook2:01

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Blidh – Rantanen – Meyers2:04

    xG 0.03–0.10 (21%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – O'Connor – Newhook3:53

    xG 0.00–0.15 (0%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar6:50

    xG 0.51–0.07 (88%)attempts 15–4goals 3–0

  2. Girard – Makar3:51

    xG 0.28–0.29 (50%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Englund – Toews2:50

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 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 2.5 xGDET 2.5 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLDET

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 DET. Dots are goals.

Excitement 62/100 · #541 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.75 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DET 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 51% of the time.

COL winsDET wins

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

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