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Mon, Nov 11, 2024·Ball Arena, Denver

Nashville Predators 2, Colorado Avalanche 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 54% of the time.

COL winsNSH wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NSH1120121501230
COL062901512332

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:45NSHLuke EvangelistaAssists: Juuso Parssinen, Marc Del Gaizo · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:32COLDevon ToewsAssists: Samuel Girard, T.J. Tynan · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:37COLMikko RantanenAssists: Joel Kiviranta, Nathan MacKinnon · Slap, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 0:59NSHColton SissonsAssists: Roman Josi · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:47COLSamuel GirardGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–3
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:46NSHSteven Stamkos: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:28NSHZachary L'Heureux: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 11:59COLJoel Kiviranta: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 9:40COLMikko Rantanen: Boarding2 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.

NSH00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← NSH attackCOL 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.

NSHCOL
30Shots on goal32
3.1Expected goals3.3
63Shot attempts67
31Faceoffs won25
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
23Hits18
21Blocked shots21
19Giveaways16
2Takeaways5

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.

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestNyquist – Marchessault – Sissons9:40

    xG 0.72–0.16 (82%)attempts 15–9goals 0–0

  2. McCarron – Smith – L'Heureux8:24

    xG 0.16–0.06 (72%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg11:50

    xG 0.42–0.41 (51%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

  4. Tomasino – Parssinen – Evangelista7:05

    xG 0.19–0.65 (23%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJosi – Skjei16:58

    xG 1.13–0.39 (74%)attempts 27–17goals 1–1

  2. Schenn – Del Gaizo13:58

    xG 0.33–0.50 (40%)attempts 10–14goals 0–1

  3. Josi – Lauzon2:13

    xG 0.00–0.26 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestKelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta8:30

    xG 0.65–0.03 (96%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0

  2. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen15:30

    xG 0.86–0.49 (64%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  3. Kelly – Kovalenko – Ivan2:37

    xG 0.12–0.09 (58%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Mittelstadt – Kovalenko – Ivan6:23

    xG 0.29–0.29 (50%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestde Haan – Manson3:27

    xG 0.33–0.06 (85%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Toews – Makar19:00

    xG 1.13–0.87 (56%)attempts 20–22goals 0–1

  3. Manson – Girard10:19

    xG 0.18–0.19 (48%)attempts 12–9goals 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 3.3 xGNSH 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLNSH

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 NSH. Dots are goals.

Excitement 54/100 · #595 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.66 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 34% (winner's lowest chance)
NSH 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 54% of the time.

COL winsNSH wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).