Sat, Mar 14, 2026·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg
Colorado Avalanche 1, Winnipeg Jets 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 50% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 08 | 08 | 113 | 129 |
| WPG | 05 | 27 | 17 | 319 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 2:05WPGKyle ConnorAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
- P2 11:52WPGAlex IafalloGWGAssists: Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–2
- P3 18:44COLMartin NecasAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Snap, 0.10 xG1–2
- P3 19:18WPGCole PerfettiENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.38 xG1–3
Penalties (3)
- P1 10:12COLBrock Nelson: Roughing2 min
- P1 19:39WPGMark Scheifele: Holding2 min
- P3 0:15WPGJacob Bryson: High sticking2 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 20:00Barron 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 – Kiviranta9:18
xG 0.38–0.11 (78%)attempts 17–4goals 0–0
- MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Necas5:43
xG 0.33–0.09 (78%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0
- Kadri – MacKinnon – Necas11:37
xG 0.48–0.26 (65%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1
- Nelson – Nichushkin – Roy8:03
xG 0.25–0.24 (51%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestToews – Makar13:27
xG 0.93–0.40 (70%)attempts 24–10goals 0–1
- Kulak – Malinski9:56
xG 0.60–0.06 (90%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0
- Kulak – Makar2:16
xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0
Winnipeg Jets
Forward lines
- bestBarron – Koepke – Lambert5:37
xG 0.22–0.07 (76%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0
- Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo11:08
xG 0.50–0.45 (53%)attempts 8–13goals 2–0
- Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi2:33
xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0
- Toews – Nyquist – Rosen7:35
xG 0.15–0.28 (35%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- Morrissey – Salomonsson2:47
xG 0.02–0.10 (17%)attempts 1–7goals 0–0
- DeMelo – Morrissey16:26
xG 0.28–0.49 (36%)attempts 9–15goals 1–0
- Samberg – Salomonsson13:25
xG 0.42–0.70 (37%)attempts 11–17goals 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.
WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG 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 50% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (WPG − COL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).