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Sat, Nov 2, 2024·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Colorado Avalanche 2, Nashville Predators 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 77% of the time.

NSH winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL08112111231
NSH01125310526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:54COLCale MakarPPAssists: Casey Mittelstadt, Nathan MacKinnon · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:31NSHSteven StamkosPPAssists: Roman Josi, Ryan O'Reilly · Slap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 18:40NSHColton SissonsAssists: Marc Del Gaizo, Zachary L'Heureux · Tip-in, 0.10 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:15NSHRoman JosiPPGWGAssists: Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault · Slap, 0.13 xG1–3
  5. P3 17:43COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Devon Toews, Cale Makar · Backhand, 0.03 xG2–3
  6. P3 18:46NSHFilip ForsbergENAssists: Gustav Nyquist · Wrist, 0.55 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:19NSHGustav NyquistENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.50 xG2–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 1:46NSHSteven Stamkos: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 1:53COLIvan Ivan: Holding2 min
  3. P2 2:32NSHFilip Forsberg: Holding2 min
  4. P2 8:26COLJohn Ludvig: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:19NSHJeremy Lauzon: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 12:18NSHLuke Schenn: Interference2 min
  7. P3 4:48COLJoel Kiviranta: High sticking2 min · PPG

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 SOG0NSH
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLNSH
31Shots on goal26
2.5Expected goals4.2
67Shot attempts56
31Faceoffs won32
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes8
26Hits23
15Blocked shots25
23Giveaways16
11Takeaways4

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. MacKinnon – Rantanen – Kiviranta10:55

    xG 0.35–0.41 (46%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Mittelstadt – O'Connor – Ivan8:52

    xG 0.18–0.25 (41%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. MacKinnon – Rantanen – Mittelstadt3:54

    xG 0.17–0.31 (36%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – Kovalenko – Prishchepov7:35

    xG 0.15–0.41 (27%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar6:14

    xG 0.34–0.06 (85%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Ludvig – Malinski7:34

    xG 0.20–0.00 (98%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  3. Girard – Malinski3:05

    xG 0.07–0.13 (35%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestJankowski – Novak – Evangelista7:27

    xG 0.45–0.02 (97%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Sissons – Smith – L'Heureux8:27

    xG 0.62–0.22 (74%)attempts 13–6goals 1–0

  3. Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg11:28

    xG 0.58–0.53 (52%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  4. Stamkos – Marchessault – Parssinen11:42

    xG 0.40–0.38 (51%)attempts 6–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCarrier – Del Gaizo2:26

    xG 0.51–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Del Gaizo12:21

    xG 0.33–0.18 (65%)attempts 5–13goals 1–0

  3. Lauzon – Carrier15:54

    xG 0.54–0.72 (43%)attempts 14–13goals 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.

NSH 4.2 xGCOL 2.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 53/100 · #605 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 77% of the time.

NSH winsCOL wins

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

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