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Mon, Apr 13, 2026·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche 2, Edmonton Oilers 1 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 75% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL0131809023232
EDM01011308002131

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:05COLSam MalinskiAssists: Nicolas Roy · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–0
  2. P2 15:49EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Matt Savoie, Evan Bouchard · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. EDM Connor McDavid scored
  2. 2. COL Valeri Nichushkin scored
  3. 3. EDM Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored
  4. 4. COL Martin Necas scored
  5. 5. EDM Jack Roslovic stopped
  6. 6. COL Nathan MacKinnon scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 19:20EDMAdam Henrique: Holding2 min
  2. P2 6:14EDMIsaac Howard: Too many men on the ice2 min
  3. P2 11:45COLBrock Nelson: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 7:16EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Slashing2 min
  5. P3 9:54COLValeri Nichushkin: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 10:30COLParker Kelly: Closing hand on puck2 min
  7. OT 2:06EDMKasperi Kapanen: Interference goalkeeper2 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 SOG0EDM
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Nelson won the faceoff against Samanski
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLEDM
32Shots on goal31
4.5Expected goals2.8
83Shot attempts63
26Faceoffs won29
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
12Hits22
15Blocked shots26
16Giveaways12
3Takeaways3

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. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Necas13:52

    xG 0.72–0.25 (74%)attempts 17–12goals 0–0

  2. Nelson – Nichushkin – Colton10:43

    xG 0.56–0.33 (63%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  3. Drury – O'Connor – Bardakov5:52

    xG 0.27–0.05 (84%)attempts 13–2goals 0–0

  4. Roy – Kelly – Kiviranta7:03

    xG 0.40–0.58 (41%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAhcan – Blankenburg8:43

    xG 0.87–0.20 (82%)attempts 12–4goals 0–1

  2. Toews – Malinski15:42

    xG 0.85–0.58 (59%)attempts 20–16goals 0–0

  3. Kulak – Malinski3:21

    xG 0.04–0.02 (66%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestNugent-Hopkins – Roslovic – Howard7:32

    xG 0.58–0.34 (63%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  2. Frederic – Dach – Samanski9:14

    xG 0.22–0.30 (42%)attempts 8–17goals 0–0

  3. McDavid – Podkolzin – Savoie12:16

    xG 0.53–0.84 (39%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  4. Henrique – Lazar – Kapanen6:31

    xG 0.04–0.45 (8%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMurphy – Nurse14:58

    xG 0.40–0.29 (57%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  2. Walman – Bouchard2:57

    xG 0.17–0.28 (38%)attempts 4–3goals 0–1

  3. Nurse – Bouchard2:11

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 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.

EDM 2.8 xGCOL 4.5 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 38/100 · #865 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.31 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +19 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 75% of the time.

EDM winsCOL wins

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

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