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Mon, Nov 18, 2024·Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Colorado Avalanche 3, Philadelphia Flyers 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 53% of the time.

PHI winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL01029110329
PHI0805213226

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:30COLCale MakarAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:08COLCale MakarPPAssists: Casey Mittelstadt, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P3 8:34COLCasey MittelstadtGWGAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.21 xG3–0
  4. P3 11:48PHIOwen TippettAssists: Travis Konecny, Travis Sanheim · Snap, 0.04 xG3–1
  5. P3 13:32PHITyson FoersterAssists: Bobby Brink, Helge Grans · Poke, 0.17 xG3–2
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 12:03COLMikko Rantanen: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:17PHITyson Foerster: High sticking2 min
  3. P1 17:20COLNathan MacKinnon: Holding2 min
  4. P2 5:33PHIGarnet Hathaway: Interference2 min
  5. P2 13:52PHIMatvei Michkov: Holding2 min · PPG
  6. P3 2:49COLMiles Wood: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 2:49PHIOwen Tippett: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 4:41COLNathan MacKinnon: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 4:41COLNathan MacKinnon: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P3 6:32PHIBobby Brink: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 7:13PHIHelge Grans: Holding2 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 SOG0PHI
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kelly won the faceoff against Laughton
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLPHI
29Shots on goal26
2.7Expected goals2.5
68Shot attempts54
25Faceoffs won35
4Power plays3
10Penalty minutes12
14Hits21
12Blocked shots26
15Giveaways13
5Takeaways6

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. bestLehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin10:50

    xG 0.37–0.30 (55%)attempts 13–10goals 0–0

  2. O'Connor – Kiviranta – Ivan5:27

    xG 0.25–0.22 (53%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Wood – Kelly – Kovalenko6:00

    xG 0.21–0.18 (54%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta3:28

    xG 0.11–0.12 (48%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Toews – Makar13:30

    xG 0.53–0.59 (47%)attempts 20–14goals 1–1

  2. Manson – Girard12:30

    xG 0.18–0.27 (40%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Kylington – Malinski8:52

    xG 0.30–0.47 (38%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestLaughton – Farabee – Brink5:22

    xG 0.32–0.15 (68%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  2. Laughton – Farabee – Michkov4:11

    xG 0.18–0.07 (72%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Richard – Cates – Michkov4:21

    xG 0.01–0.07 (16%)attempts 2–7goals 0–0

  4. Couturier – Konecny – Tippett9:58

    xG 0.28–0.44 (39%)attempts 14–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestZamula – Grans8:16

    xG 0.62–0.09 (88%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  2. Sanheim – Grans4:43

    xG 0.14–0.05 (73%)attempts 7–2goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Seeler7:56

    xG 0.15–0.15 (51%)attempts 6–5goals 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.

PHI 2.5 xGCOL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHICOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 61/100 · #512 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.07 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 41% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50PHI 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, Colorado Avalanche win this game 53% of the time.

PHI winsCOL wins

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

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