Tue, Mar 11, 2025·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul
Colorado Avalanche 1, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO)
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 75% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | SO | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 05 | 013 | 18 | 02 | 0 | 128 |
| MIN | 06 | 18 | 08 | 01 | 2 | 223 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 11:01MINMats ZuccarelloAssists: Marco Rossi, Matt Boldy · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
- P3 14:20COLJoel KivirantaAssists: Ross Colton, Samuel Girard · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
Shootout
- 1. MIN Mats Zuccarello scored
- 2. COL Nathan MacKinnon stopped
- 3. MIN Matt Boldy scored
- 4. COL Martin Necas stopped
Penalties (3)
- P1 13:33COLDevon Toews: Interference2 min
- P2 2:41MINMarcus Foligno: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
- P2 16:46MINMatt Boldy: Tripping2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Hartman won the faceoff against Drury
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestKelly – Drury – O'Connor9:11
xG 0.34–0.12 (75%)attempts 10–5goals 0–0
- Coyle – Colton – Kiviranta6:47
xG 0.18–0.08 (69%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0
- Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas11:08
xG 0.52–0.48 (52%)attempts 17–6goals 0–1
- Nelson – Drouin – Necas3:14
xG 0.09–0.10 (47%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestGirard – Malinski13:00
xG 0.56–0.22 (71%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0
- Toews – Girard2:43
xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0
- Toews – Makar17:29
xG 0.72–0.59 (55%)attempts 24–11goals 0–1
Minnesota Wild
Forward lines
- bestZuccarello – Boldy – Rossi14:07
xG 0.75–0.27 (73%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0
- Foligno – Hinostroza – Hartman10:52
xG 0.24–0.48 (33%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0
- Shore – Trenin – Brazeau5:42
xG 0.00–0.25 (0%)attempts 0–7goals 0–0
- Nyquist – Johansson – Gaudreau12:05
xG 0.15–0.47 (24%)attempts 8–16goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestSpurgeon – Chisholm15:18
xG 0.25–0.17 (59%)attempts 17–11goals 0–0
- Middleton – Faber19:02
xG 0.81–0.82 (49%)attempts 14–24goals 1–0
- Middleton – Chisholm2:11
xG 0.00–0.20 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
MIN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line MIN is favoured, below it COL. Dots are goals.
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 75% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (MIN − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).