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Thu, Jan 26, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Anaheim Ducks 5, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 66% of the time.

COL winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA17111314532
COL118213013344

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:56COLMikko RantanenAssists: Devon Toews, Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:46ANAFrank VatranoAssists: Cam Fowler · Snap, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P2 1:13COLSamuel GirardAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Evan Rodrigues · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:09COLMikko RantanenPPAssists: Samuel Girard, Denis Malgin · Slap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:37ANAFrank VatranoUnassisted · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
  6. P3 9:42ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Troy Terry, Simon Benoit · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–3
  7. P3 10:06ANAMason McTavishGWGAssists: Jakob Silfverberg, Dmitry Kulikov · Snap, 0.03 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:10ANAFrank VatranoENAssists: Cam Fowler · Wrist, 0.62 xG5–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 12:20ANASam Carrick: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 14:37ANAJohn Gibson: Delaying game2 min · PPG
  3. P3 1:54COLMatt Nieto: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 12:42COLArtturi Lehkonen: 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.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANACOL
32Shots on goal44
2.8Expected goals3.8
51Shot attempts73
28Faceoffs won34
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
15Hits14
15Blocked shots12
7Giveaways10
5Takeaways6

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.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestVatrano – Jones – McTavish3:41

    xG 0.53–0.02 (96%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Silfverberg – Strome – Lundeström2:59

    xG 0.01–0.01 (62%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Henrique – Terry – Zegras3:48

    xG 0.48–0.57 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  4. Silfverberg – Vatrano – Lundeström6:59

    xG 0.12–0.25 (32%)attempts 4–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. White – Benoit10:56

    xG 0.33–0.34 (49%)attempts 6–9goals 1–0

  2. Fowler – Klingberg4:13

    xG 0.02–0.05 (29%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Vaakanainen13:27

    xG 0.49–0.92 (35%)attempts 13–20goals 0–2

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestNieto – Compher – Rantanen7:49

    xG 0.51–0.04 (93%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Nieto – Compher – Newhook2:38

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen5:38

    xG 0.36–0.18 (67%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  4. MacKinnon – Malgin – Meyers2:03

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar14:48

    xG 1.33–0.39 (77%)attempts 20–16goals 1–2

  2. Girard – Makar2:57

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Englund – Girard2:04

    xG 0.16–0.04 (82%)attempts 3–2goals 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 3.8 xGANA 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLANA

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 ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 84/100 · #263 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.90 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 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 66% of the time.

COL winsANA wins

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

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