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Sat, Oct 12, 2024·Ball Arena, Denver

Columbus Blue Jackets 6, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 55% of the time.

COL winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
CBJ283718623
COL11021317430

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:38CBJZach WerenskiAssists: Egor Chinakhov, Sean Monahan · Snap, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:45CBJKent JohnsonAssists: Jake Christiansen · Snap, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P1 19:52COLNathan MacKinnonPPAssists: Ivan Ivan, Mikko Rantanen · Slap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 1:56CBJAdam FantilliAssists: Kevin Labanc, Daniil Tarasov · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P2 2:11COLMiles WoodAssists: Parker Kelly, Calvin de Haan · Snap, 0.14 xG3–2
  6. P2 3:42COLCasey MittelstadtPPAssists: Ross Colton, Cale Makar · Backhand, 0.14 xG3–3
  7. P2 4:33CBJKirill MarchenkoAssists: Damon Severson · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–3
  8. P2 9:49CBJEgor ChinakhovGWGAssists: Sean Monahan, Kirill Marchenko · Wrist, 0.11 xG5–3
  9. P3 18:40COLRoss ColtonAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.13 xG5–4
  10. P3 19:48CBJSean MonahanENAssists: Kirill Marchenko, Egor Chinakhov · Wrist, 0.81 xG6–4
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:41COLChris Wagner: Interference2 min
  2. P1 2:41CBJMathieu Olivier: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 2:41COLJosh Manson: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 18:36CBJCole Sillinger: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 3:31CBJDamon Severson: Slashing2 min · PPG
  6. P2 11:01CBJErik Gudbranson: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 10:21CBJDamon Severson: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 11:26COLMikko Rantanen: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:21COLCasey Mittelstadt: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 19:48COLNathan MacKinnon: Misconduct10 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.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← CBJ attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Sillinger won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJCOL
23Shots on goal30
2.9Expected goals3.2
46Shot attempts72
28Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
10Penalty minutes18
9Hits27
19Blocked shots13
13Giveaways11
8Takeaways10

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestMonahan – Marchenko – Chinakhov11:38

    xG 0.94–0.28 (77%)attempts 17–10goals 3–0

  2. Pyyhtia – Johnson – Sillinger13:46

    xG 0.67–0.53 (56%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  3. van Riemsdyk – Labanc – Fantilli7:40

    xG 0.23–0.23 (51%)attempts 5–10goals 1–1

  4. Kuraly – Monahan – Olivier2:10

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeverson – Christiansen14:52

    xG 0.61–0.45 (57%)attempts 14–15goals 2–0

  2. Werenski – Provorov17:03

    xG 0.66–0.86 (44%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Gudbranson11:37

    xG 0.36–0.58 (38%)attempts 9–18goals 2–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Rantanen – Mittelstadt2:56

    xG 0.38–0.03 (93%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Wagner – Kiviranta – Ivan6:01

    xG 0.08–0.07 (54%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  3. Wood – Kelly – O'Connor8:53

    xG 0.61–0.60 (50%)attempts 18–9goals 1–2

  4. MacKinnon – Rantanen – Kovalenko10:49

    xG 0.27–0.34 (44%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar14:00

    xG 0.77–0.40 (66%)attempts 15–15goals 0–1

  2. Manson – Girard12:28

    xG 0.47–0.64 (42%)attempts 15–9goals 0–2

  3. de Haan – Malinski10:58

    xG 0.23–0.46 (33%)attempts 18–10goals 1–2

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 xGCBJ 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLCBJ

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 CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 89/100 · #135 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 10 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 55% of the time.

COL winsCBJ wins

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

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