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Sun, Feb 18, 2024·Ball Arena, Denver

Arizona Coyotes 3, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 70% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ARI21515010330
COL1722119437

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:10COLRoss ColtonAssists: Miles Wood, Bowen Byram · Snap, 0.13 xG0–1
  2. P1 7:48ARIMathew DumbaAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Jack McBain · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:20ARILawson CrousePPAssists: Matias Maccelli, J.J. Moser · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P2 5:20COLJack JohnsonAssists: Ryan Johansen, Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. P2 9:52ARILogan CooleyAssists: Matias Maccelli, Mathew Dumba · Wrist, 0.10 xG3–2
  6. P2 10:13COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Bowen Byram, Jack Johnson · Wrist, 0.18 xG3–3
  7. P3 13:25COLDevon ToewsGWGAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.03 xG3–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 10:58COLMikko Rantanen: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P1 15:58COLMiles Wood: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 18:25COLMikko Rantanen: Interference2 min
  4. P2 1:35ARIAdam Ruzicka: Interference2 min
  5. P2 7:47COLNathan MacKinnon: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 10:13ARIAdam Ruzicka: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  7. P2 12:35ARIAdam Ruzicka: High sticking double minor4 min
  8. P3 5:03COLMiles Wood: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 15:04ARILawson Crouse: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 15:04COLRoss Colton: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  11. P3 18:39COLArtturi Lehkonen: 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.

ARI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ARICOL
30Shots on goal37
2.6Expected goals3.9
48Shot attempts66
28Faceoffs won37
6Power plays4
10Penalty minutes14
8Hits17
13Blocked shots9
3Giveaways4
5Takeaways6

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.

Arizona Coyotes

Forward lines

  1. bestBjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli8:24

    xG 0.43–0.29 (60%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

  2. McBain – Guenther – Cooley6:29

    xG 0.11–0.17 (40%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Kerfoot – Keller – Hayton5:23

    xG 0.03–0.18 (15%)attempts 2–5goals 0–1

  4. Zucker – Schmaltz – Ruzicka4:20

    xG 0.00–0.72 (0%)attempts 2–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDurzi – Kesselring10:14

    xG 0.34–0.21 (62%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Välimäki – Kesselring2:22

    xG 0.01–0.04 (30%)attempts 3–2goals 0–1

  3. Dumba – Moser12:11

    xG 0.25–0.43 (36%)attempts 5–16goals 1–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen12:03

    xG 1.02–0.32 (76%)attempts 18–7goals 2–1

  2. Parise – Johansen – Kiviranta4:46

    xG 0.08–0.03 (71%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Wagner – Olofsson4:20

    xG 0.00–0.01 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Wood – Lehkonen – Colton6:17

    xG 0.19–0.24 (44%)attempts 7–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Byram7:04

    xG 0.70–0.04 (94%)attempts 6–4goals 2–0

  2. Manson – Girard7:32

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Manson2:29

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

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 3.9 xGARI 2.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLARI

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 ARI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 85/100 · #241 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
ARI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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 70% of the time.

COL winsARI wins

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

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