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Fri, Apr 5, 2024·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 2, Edmonton Oilers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 84% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL2601008224
EDM217214216647

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:52EDMCorey PerryAssists: Darnell Nurse, Cody Ceci · Tip-in, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P1 11:58COLJonathan DrouinAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:59COLRoss ColtonAssists: Artturi Lehkonen, Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P1 17:18EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Mattias Ekholm, Leon Draisaitl · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 8:55EDMMattias EkholmGWGAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard · Backhand, 0.14 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:58EDMEvander KaneAssists: Ryan McLeod, Cody Ceci · Deflected, 0.07 xG2–4
  7. P3 4:05EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Evan Bouchard, Zach Hyman · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–5
  8. P3 11:59EDMEvander KaneAssists: Ryan McLeod, Brett Kulak · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–6
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 3:28COLRoss Colton: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 8:51COLYakov Trenin: Holding2 min
  3. P1 13:44EDMEvan Bouchard: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 4:01COLJack Johnson: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  5. P2 8:55COLRoss Colton: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  6. P3 5:30EDMBrett Kulak: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 8:32EDMEvan Bouchard: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 15:04COLJosh Manson: 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 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00McDavid won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
24Shots on goal47
2.1Expected goals4.6
47Shot attempts69
20Faceoffs won39
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
34Hits18
8Blocked shots11
12Giveaways15
7Takeaways13

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. Parise – Wood – Colton5:23

    xG 0.11–0.15 (44%)attempts 1–3goals 0–1

  2. Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Mittelstadt3:58

    xG 0.24–0.39 (39%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Trenin – Duhaime3:55

    xG 0.00–0.18 (0%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  4. Nichushkin – Duhaime – Mittelstadt4:25

    xG 0.07–0.36 (16%)attempts 3–4goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. Manson – Girard11:38

    xG 0.57–0.57 (50%)attempts 11–12goals 1–0

  2. Manson – Toews2:01

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Walker8:18

    xG 0.40–0.52 (43%)attempts 10–9goals 0–3

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestHyman – Draisaitl – McDavid11:43

    xG 1.49–0.32 (82%)attempts 18–13goals 2–1

  2. Perry – Kane – McLeod7:29

    xG 0.36–0.02 (95%)attempts 9–2goals 3–0

  3. Brown – Janmark – Ryan5:14

    xG 0.21–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–1goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Nugent-Hopkins – Foegele7:19

    xG 0.41–0.70 (37%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestEkholm – Bouchard11:22

    xG 1.21–0.46 (72%)attempts 15–8goals 2–1

  2. Ceci – Nurse9:39

    xG 0.47–0.05 (90%)attempts 11–4goals 3–0

  3. Ceci – Kulak2:47

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 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.

EDM 4.6 xGCOL 2.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 56/100 · #626 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.44 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Edmonton Oilers win this game 84% 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).