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Sat, Nov 23, 2024·Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

Colorado Avalanche 7, Florida Panthers 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 50% of the time.

FLA winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL1841027725
FLA2715119431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:52FLACarter VerhaegheAssists: Anton Lundell, Mackie Samoskevich · Snap, 0.04 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:13COLJonathan DrouinAssists: Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–1
  3. P1 15:44FLAAleksander BarkovAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Niko Mikkola · Backhand, 0.18 xG1–2
  4. P2 0:34COLJonathan DrouinAssists: Cale Makar, Devon Toews · Backhand, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:04COLLogan O'ConnorAssists: Oliver Kylington, Ivan Ivan · Snap, 0.12 xG3–2
  6. P2 8:54COLSamuel GirardAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.00 xG4–2
  7. P2 16:58COLMikko RantanenGWGAssists: Samuel Girard, Devon Toews · Tip-in, 0.13 xG5–2
  8. P2 18:40FLASam ReinhartPPAssists: Aaron Ekblad, Matthew Tkachuk · Tip-in, 0.07 xG5–3
  9. P3 15:49COLOliver KylingtonAssists: Valeri Nichushkin, Mikko Rantanen · Snap, 0.16 xG6–3
  10. P3 17:15COLValeri NichushkinENAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen · Wrist, 0.73 xG7–3
  11. P3 18:17FLAAnton LundellAssists: Mackie Samoskevich, Uvis Balinskis · Wrist, 0.21 xG7–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 17:46COLIvan Ivan: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 3:02COLArtturi Lehkonen: Holding2 min
  3. P3 4:06COLJosh Manson: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 4:17FLAMackie Samoskevich: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  5. P3 9:16FLAMatthew Tkachuk: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 9:16COLMiles Wood: Roughing2 min
  7. P3 18:20COLJoel Kiviranta: Interference2 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 SOG0FLA
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lundell won the faceoff against Kelly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLFLA
25Shots on goal31
2.8Expected goals2.7
49Shot attempts66
26Faceoffs won40
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
9Hits31
18Blocked shots14
21Giveaways12
5Takeaways3

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestNichushkin – Rantanen – Mittelstadt10:31

    xG 0.68–0.13 (84%)attempts 16–9goals 3–0

  2. MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen2:01

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

  3. Wood – Kelly – Kovalenko6:40

    xG 0.45–0.45 (50%)attempts 6–7goals 0–1

  4. O'Connor – Kiviranta – Ivan4:00

    xG 0.12–0.13 (48%)attempts 2–3goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKylington – Malinski10:59

    xG 0.52–0.12 (81%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Makar16:54

    xG 0.50–0.33 (60%)attempts 17–18goals 2–0

  3. Girard – Malinski2:48

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–0goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestVerhaeghe – Lundell – Samoskevich8:28

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 7–10goals 0–2

  2. Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues14:16

    xG 0.20–0.22 (48%)attempts 13–8goals 0–1

  3. Greer – Gadjovich – Boqvist5:10

    xG 0.14–0.29 (33%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  4. Bennett – Tkachuk – Luostarinen11:42

    xG 0.39–0.67 (37%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMikkola – Boqvist2:23

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Kulikov – Balinskis3:32

    xG 0.11–0.06 (66%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Ekblad – Forsling18:03

    xG 0.19–0.24 (45%)attempts 17–12goals 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.

FLA 2.7 xGCOL 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 80/100 · #252 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 10 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50FLA 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 50% of the time.

FLA winsCOL wins

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

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