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Tue, Apr 11, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Edmonton Oilers 2, Colorado Avalanche 1 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 61% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
EDM1801701213240
COL1100701300130

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:52COLBen MeyersUnassisted · Other, 1.00 xG0–1
  2. P1 5:28EDMMattias EkholmAssists: Ryan McLeod, Warren Foegele · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. OT 1:50EDMEvan BouchardPPGWGAssists: Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P2 2:30EDMKlim Kostin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 5:16COLBowen Byram: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 14:46COLDevon Toews: High sticking double minor4 min
  4. P3 4:40EDMRyan McLeod: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 14:53EDMEvander Kane: High sticking2 min
  6. OT 1:09COLBowen Byram: Hooking2 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.

EDM00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

EDMCOL
40Shots on goal30
3.1Expected goals3.7
66Shot attempts56
28Faceoffs won28
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
25Hits13
14Blocked shots14
4Giveaways7
9Takeaways13

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestFoegele – Ryan – McLeod7:24

    xG 0.38–0.06 (86%)attempts 9–3goals 1–0

  2. Kane – Draisaitl – Yamamoto10:46

    xG 0.26–0.08 (76%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid9:58

    xG 0.92–0.76 (55%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  4. Bjugstad – Janmark – Kostin5:07

    xG 0.15–1.25 (11%)attempts 2–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard15:13

    xG 1.13–0.61 (65%)attempts 24–8goals 1–0

  2. Nurse – Desharnais14:13

    xG 0.24–0.23 (52%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Broberg9:37

    xG 0.40–1.34 (23%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestEller – Newhook – Meyers6:29

    xG 1.17–0.08 (93%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. MacKinnon – Rantanen – Rodrigues14:33

    xG 0.93–0.89 (51%)attempts 13–19goals 0–0

  3. Compher – Nichushkin – Malgin9:35

    xG 0.10–0.24 (29%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Nieto – O'Connor4:39

    xG 0.14–0.29 (32%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Byram12:11

    xG 1.20–0.45 (73%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Girard13:21

    xG 0.67–0.54 (56%)attempts 10–15goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Byram2:08

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 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 3.7 xGEDM 3.1 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLEDM

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 EDM. Dots are goals.

Excitement 39/100 · #881 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.33 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 31% (winner's lowest chance)
EDM 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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 61% of the time.

COL winsEDM wins

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

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