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Sat, Nov 25, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Calgary Flames 1, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

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

COL winsCGY wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CGY04111015130
COL1102806324

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:31COLJonathan DrouinPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:10COLRyan JohansenGWGUnassisted · Wrap-around, 0.13 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:03CGYMikael BacklundAssists: Jonathan Huberdeau, Blake Coleman · Snap, 0.23 xG1–2
  4. P2 12:37COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–3
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 1:16COLRyan Johansen: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 2:38CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Interference2 min
  3. P1 5:03CGYBlake Coleman: Interference goalkeeper2 min · PPG
  4. P1 18:58COLBowen Byram: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 3:14COLTomas Tatar: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P3 3:57CGYRasmus Andersson: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 3:57CGYMacKenzie Weegar: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 3:57COLMiles Wood: Roughing2 min
  9. P3 6:47COLRoss Colton: Slashing2 min
  10. P3 19:30CGYNazem Kadri: 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.

CGY00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
46% to win54% to win
← CGY attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Backlund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CGYCOL
30Shots on goal24
2.4Expected goals3.2
65Shot attempts55
28Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
10Penalty minutes10
20Hits16
13Blocked shots19
2Giveaways8
6Takeaways19

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.

Calgary Flames

Forward lines

  1. bestGreer – Dube – Ruzicka6:54

    xG 0.65–0.33 (66%)attempts 14–9goals 0–0

  2. Lindholm – Mangiapane – Sharangovich10:42

    xG 0.39–0.36 (52%)attempts 16–12goals 0–1

  3. Kadri – Pospisil – Zary7:05

    xG 0.06–0.11 (35%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  4. Backlund – Coleman – Huberdeau10:17

    xG 0.40–0.49 (45%)attempts 5–11goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestTanev – Hanifin11:17

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 11–6goals 1–0

  2. Zadorov – Gilbert9:08

    xG 0.18–0.21 (47%)attempts 11–7goals 0–1

  3. Hanifin – Andersson2:41

    xG 0.09–0.18 (33%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestWood – Colton – O'Connor8:41

    xG 0.58–0.33 (64%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Tatar – Johansen – Drouin7:15

    xG 0.43–0.23 (65%)attempts 7–8goals 1–0

  3. Cogliano – Olofsson – Kiviranta6:40

    xG 0.29–0.28 (51%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

  4. MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen14:06

    xG 0.43–0.81 (34%)attempts 15–21goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestManson – Byram7:21

    xG 0.45–0.17 (72%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Jones2:28

    xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Byram2:45

    xG 0.04–0.03 (57%)attempts 1–2goals 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 3.2 xGCGY 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCGY

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 CGY. Dots are goals.

Excitement 18/100 · #1096 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.93 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
CGY 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 66% of the time.

COL winsCGY wins

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

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