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Sun, Feb 2, 2025·Ball Arena, Denver

Philadelphia Flyers 0, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 74% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
PHI0100707024
COL0621808232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 8:33COLSamuel GirardGWGAssists: Casey Mittelstadt, Jonathan Drouin · Snap, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 17:28COLNathan MacKinnonPPAssists: Cale Makar, Jonathan Drouin · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–2
Penalties (3)
  1. P2 15:49PHIScott Laughton: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 19:41PHINoah Cates: Tripping2 min
  3. P3 14:39COLMiles Wood: Slashing2 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.

PHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

PHICOL
24Shots on goal32
1.9Expected goals3.3
46Shot attempts62
20Faceoffs won34
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
22Hits15
18Blocked shots12
14Giveaways11
3Takeaways2

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCates – Brink – Foerster3:05

    xG 0.23–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Laughton – Abols – Michkov2:51

    xG 0.11–0.04 (76%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Couturier – Richard – Konecny2:03

    xG 0.09–0.04 (72%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Couturier – Richard – Michkov6:07

    xG 0.02–0.24 (9%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSeeler – Ristolainen2:07

    xG 0.29–0.02 (92%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Seeler4:25

    xG 0.20–0.09 (69%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  3. Andrae – Drysdale8:22

    xG 0.39–0.28 (58%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas14:22

    xG 1.60–0.48 (77%)attempts 22–11goals 0–0

  2. Wood – Colton – Drury8:31

    xG 0.12–0.08 (62%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

  3. Drouin – Mittelstadt – Parssinen7:29

    xG 0.25–0.30 (45%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  4. Kelly – O'Connor – Kiviranta7:20

    xG 0.14–0.25 (36%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar16:06

    xG 1.41–0.85 (62%)attempts 21–17goals 0–0

  2. Manson – Girard14:12

    xG 0.40–0.15 (72%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  3. Girard – Makar2:15

    xG 0.13–0.01 (91%)attempts 2–1goals 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.

COL 3.3 xGPHI 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLPHI

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 PHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 0/100 · #1309 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.49 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
PHI 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 74% of the time.

COL winsPHI wins

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

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