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Mon, Nov 13, 2023·Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

Colorado Avalanche 5, Seattle Kraken 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 64% of the time.

SEA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL06213312531
SEA190901119

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:13SEABrandon TanevAssists: Vince Dunn, Alexander Wennberg · Backhand, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P2 12:05COLMikko RantanenAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 14:12COLRoss ColtonPPGWGAssists: Tomas Tatar, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 4:14COLCale MakarAssists: Tomas Tatar, Caleb Jones · Wrist, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P3 9:09COLJonathan DrouinAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–1
  6. P3 16:43COLValeri NichushkinPPAssists: Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · Tip-in, 0.21 xG5–1
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 5:41COLKurtis MacDermid: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 5:41SEAJamie Oleksiak: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 14:26SEAWill Borgen: Tripping2 min
  4. P1 19:59SEABrandon Tanev: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 1:13COLValeri Nichushkin: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 12:56SEAEeli Tolvanen: Tripping2 min · PPG
  7. P2 18:57COLDevon Toews: Cross checking2 min
  8. P3 6:35SEAJared McCann: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 6:35COLDevon Toews: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 14:09SEAVince Dunn: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 14:09SEAVince Dunn: Abuse of officials2 min
  12. P3 14:09SEAVince Dunn: Abuse of officials10 min
  13. P3 16:06COLJonathan Drouin: Hooking2 min
  14. P3 16:23SEAJustin Schultz: High sticking2 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0SEA
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackSEA attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Gourde
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLSEA
31Shots on goal19
3.0Expected goals2.2
69Shot attempts51
32Faceoffs won29
6Power plays2
13Penalty minutes29
19Hits18
15Blocked shots19
3Giveaways4
8Takeaways8

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. bestMacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen12:13

    xG 0.75–0.43 (63%)attempts 17–12goals 1–1

  2. Wood – Colton – O'Connor7:26

    xG 0.42–0.22 (65%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Tatar – Johansen – Drouin7:27

    xG 0.26–0.29 (47%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Byram3:43

    xG 0.30–0.02 (94%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Byram3:41

    xG 0.28–0.06 (82%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Malinski3:51

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestSchwartz – Yamamoto – Beniers6:25

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  2. Kartye – Winterton – Wright3:08

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen11:06

    xG 0.31–0.37 (46%)attempts 9–8goals 0–1

  4. Wennberg – McCann – Tanev7:17

    xG 0.22–0.37 (37%)attempts 12–8goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDumoulin – Borgen2:06

    xG 0.07–0.01 (92%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Dunn – Borgen2:11

    xG 0.08–0.02 (79%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  3. Schultz – Dumoulin9:35

    xG 0.29–0.41 (42%)attempts 10–10goals 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.

SEA 2.2 xGCOL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

SEACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 36/100 · #862 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50SEA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 64% of the time.

SEA winsCOL wins

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

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