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Sat, Mar 16, 2024·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 3, Edmonton Oilers 2 (OT)

Expected result

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

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL0711611713343
EDM0100921104234

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 10:39COLSean WalkerAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Jack Johnson · Snap, 0.17 xG1–0
  2. P3 5:46EDMWarren FoegeleAssists: Evan Bouchard · Tip-in, 0.15 xG1–1
  3. P3 11:48EDMSam CarrickAssists: Mattias Janmark, Corey Perry · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–2
  4. P3 14:40COLSean WalkerAssists: Casey Mittelstadt, Jonathan Drouin · Snap, 0.18 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:59COLArtturi LehkonenGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Tip-in, 0.14 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 15:46EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 0:29COLMikko Rantanen: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 4:13EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Penalty shot hooking on breakaway0 min
  4. P2 19:25EDMVincent Desharnais: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 19:25COLJosh Manson: Fighting5 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Draisaitl won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
43Shots on goal34
5.0Expected goals3.5
85Shot attempts63
22Faceoffs won38
1Power plays1
7Penalty minutes7
30Hits39
18Blocked shots26
5Giveaways13
8Takeaways7

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 – Rantanen17:06

    xG 1.17–0.34 (78%)attempts 33–14goals 0–0

  2. Lehkonen – Drouin – Mittelstadt13:12

    xG 0.62–0.43 (59%)attempts 12–8goals 2–0

  3. Cogliano – Trenin – Duhaime7:26

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Parise – Wood – Colton8:21

    xG 0.71–1.05 (40%)attempts 14–17goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar17:10

    xG 1.37–0.30 (82%)attempts 24–13goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Walker9:25

    xG 0.49–0.07 (87%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  3. Toews – Walker4:07

    xG 0.32–0.25 (56%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid8:18

    xG 0.61–0.21 (74%)attempts 12–16goals 0–0

  2. Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid9:08

    xG 0.85–0.62 (58%)attempts 15–8goals 0–1

  3. Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele – McLeod3:57

    xG 0.34–0.10 (77%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  4. Draisaitl – Foegele – McLeod6:13

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 5–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard15:11

    xG 1.15–0.83 (58%)attempts 23–24goals 0–0

  2. Nurse – Bouchard3:39

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Ceci – Nurse3:13

    xG 0.22–0.37 (38%)attempts 3–3goals 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.

EDM 3.5 xGCOL 5.0 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 73/100 · #421 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.99 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 11% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

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