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Sun, Apr 9, 2023·Honda Center, Anaheim

Colorado Avalanche 5, Anaheim Ducks 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 96% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL1711721814546
ANA09282600423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:15COLJ.T. CompherAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P2 13:58COLMikko RantanenAssists: Samuel Girard, Devon Toews · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–0
  3. P2 15:15ANAFrank VatranoAssists: Trevor Zegras, Ryan Strome · Slap, 0.09 xG2–1
  4. P2 18:09ANAAdam HenriqueAssists: Cam Fowler · Backhand, 0.08 xG2–2
  5. P3 5:18ANAFrank VatranoAssists: Troy Terry, Kevin Shattenkirk · Snap, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 7:25ANABrett LeasonAssists: Derek Grant, Jayson Megna · Tip-in, 0.12 xG2–4
  7. P3 12:09COLMikko RantanenPPAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews · Snap, 0.08 xG3–4
  8. P3 15:28COLNathan MacKinnonPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin · Slap, 0.06 xG4–4
  9. OT 4:15COLNathan MacKinnonPPGWGAssists: Devon Toews, Mikko Rantanen · Slap, 0.13 xG5–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 5:14COLDevon Toews: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 10:33COLAndrew Cogliano: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 11:39ANAJakob Silfverberg: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 12:57ANANathan Beaulieu: Tripping2 min
  5. P1 14:12ANADerek Grant: High sticking double minor4 min
  6. P3 2:49COLJ.T. Compher: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 11:40ANATrevor Zegras: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 13:07ANAMax Jones: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 15:02ANADerek Grant: Tripping2 min · PPG
  10. OT 3:53ANAFrank Vatrano: Interference2 min · PPG
  11. OT 4:15ANAFrank Vatrano: Misconduct10 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 SOG0ANA
49% to win51% to win
← COL attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lundeström won the faceoff against Cogliano
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLANA
46Shots on goal23
5.8Expected goals1.5
80Shot attempts43
36Faceoffs won33
8Power plays3
6Penalty minutes26
9Hits11
14Blocked shots15
10Giveaways4
7Takeaways4

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. bestCompher – Nichushkin – Malgin6:42

    xG 0.73–0.20 (78%)attempts 11–4goals 1–0

  2. MacKinnon – Rantanen – Rodrigues13:01

    xG 0.58–0.16 (78%)attempts 14–6goals 1–1

  3. Eller – Newhook – Meyers4:26

    xG 0.31–0.03 (90%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Nieto – O'Connor5:51

    xG 0.27–0.22 (54%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHunt – Girard2:13

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Johnson12:35

    xG 0.56–0.17 (77%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Johnson – Hunt3:15

    xG 0.30–0.17 (65%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. Silfverberg – Jones – Lundeström7:33

    xG 0.15–0.26 (37%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

  2. Henrique – Terry – McTavish9:57

    xG 0.36–0.52 (41%)attempts 7–13goals 1–0

  3. Grant – Megna – Leason6:55

    xG 0.15–0.45 (25%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  4. Strome – Vatrano – Zegras10:42

    xG 0.33–1.00 (25%)attempts 8–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Beaulieu – Helleson11:33

    xG 0.46–0.72 (39%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  2. Shattenkirk – White12:10

    xG 0.25–0.58 (30%)attempts 10–15goals 1–0

  3. Fowler – Benoit16:32

    xG 0.34–0.89 (28%)attempts 11–17goals 2–0

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.

ANA 1.5 xGCOL 5.8 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 97/100 · #53 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.57 · 9 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 96% of the time.

ANA winsCOL wins

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

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