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Mon, Nov 20, 2023·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Colorado Avalanche 3, Nashville Predators 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 73% of the time.

NSH winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1821506329
NSH11016214430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:00COLAndrew CoglianoSHAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.32 xG1–0
  2. P1 19:42NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Cody Glass, Philip Tomasino · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 3:56NSHJeremy LauzonAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly · Snap, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:55COLDevon ToewsAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Slap, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:33COLValeri NichushkinPPAssists: Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon · Tip-in, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P3 19:22NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Gustav Nyquist, Colton Sissons · Bat, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. P3 19:38NSHYakov TreninGWGAssists: Cole Smith · Wrist, 0.24 xG3–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 1:13NSHGustav Nyquist: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:42COLMiles Wood: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 14:48NSHTyson Barrie: Interference2 min
  4. P1 15:30COLRoss Colton: Slashing2 min
  5. P1 17:12NSHRoman Josi: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 9:54COLJack Johnson: Tripping2 min
  7. P2 13:05NSHCole Smith: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P2 17:58NSHLiam Foudy: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 13:30COLMikko Rantanen: Tripping2 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 SOG0NSH
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Johansen won the faceoff against Glass
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLNSH
29Shots on goal30
2.2Expected goals3.5
47Shot attempts64
20Faceoffs won26
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
26Hits31
23Blocked shots10
13Giveaways15
3Takeaways6

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 – Rantanen13:10

    xG 0.55–0.40 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 1–1

  2. Tatar – Johansen – Drouin5:59

    xG 0.17–0.01 (95%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Wood – Colton – O'Connor7:45

    xG 0.24–0.13 (64%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Olofsson – Kiviranta5:26

    xG 0.05–0.12 (31%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Byram11:47

    xG 0.58–0.20 (75%)attempts 17–8goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Jones9:27

    xG 0.10–0.18 (37%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Makar13:16

    xG 0.49–0.61 (45%)attempts 8–14goals 1–1

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg10:21

    xG 0.35–0.29 (55%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  2. Sissons – Trenin – Foudy5:45

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  3. Glass – Sherwood – Parssinen6:20

    xG 0.07–0.14 (33%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  4. McCarron – Tomasino – Smith4:26

    xG 0.10–0.19 (35%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLauzon – Carrier13:23

    xG 0.92–0.35 (73%)attempts 14–10goals 2–0

  2. Josi – Barrie2:25

    xG 0.02–0.11 (18%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Stastney10:18

    xG 0.04–0.17 (18%)attempts 5–8goals 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.

NSH 3.5 xGCOL 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 93/100 · #116 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.64 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 4% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +49 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 73% of the time.

NSH winsCOL wins

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

-7
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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).