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Sat, Nov 6, 2010·Pepsi Center, Denver

Dallas Stars 0, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 83% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0901408031
COL114211220545

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:02COLKevin PorterGWGAssists: David Van Der Gulik, Philippe Dupuis · Wrist, 0.36 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:53COLMilan HejdukAssists: Matt Duchene, Brandon Yip · Backhand, 0.23 xG0–2
  3. P2 13:05COLPhilippe DupuisSHAssists: Scott Hannan · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–3
  4. P3 5:39COLKevin PorterAssists: Philippe Dupuis · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–4
  5. P3 6:10COLBrandon YipAssists: Matt Duchene, Milan Hejduk · Tip-in, 0.10 xG0–5
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 6:07COLTJ Galiardi: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 6:07DALStephane Robidas: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 15:48DALNicklas Grossmann: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 15:48DALBrenden Morrow: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 15:48COLChris Stewart: Cross checking2 min
  6. P1 15:48COLColby Cohen: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 18:43COLCody McLeod: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 12:22COLColby Cohen: Holding2 min
  9. P2 16:16COLKyle Quincey: Interference2 min
  10. P3 6:46DALJames Neal: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 12:21DALSteve Ott: Roughing2 min
  12. P3 12:21COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 12:21DALSteve Ott: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 19:53COLBrandon Yip: Fighting5 min
  15. P3 19:53DALBrian Sutherby: Fighting5 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Richards
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
31Shots on goal45
1.9Expected goals4.1
50Shot attempts60
20Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
17Penalty minutes19
23Hits21
7Blocked shots10
5Giveaways6
7Takeaways6

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestOtt – Burish – Wandell3:24

    xG 0.62–0.14 (81%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  2. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn5:15

    xG 0.18–0.09 (67%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Sutherby – Burish – Wandell4:49

    xG 0.17–0.13 (57%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Segal – Benn2:30

    xG 0.08–0.10 (43%)attempts 4–1goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestWoywitka – Daley12:55

    xG 1.04–0.42 (71%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  2. Skrastins – Daley2:30

    xG 0.14–0.03 (85%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Woywitka – Grossmann2:37

    xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestStastny – Stewart – Galiardi10:33

    xG 1.18–0.14 (89%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. Van Der Gulik – Dupuis – Porter5:48

    xG 1.01–0.21 (83%)attempts 11–4goals 2–0

  3. Winnik – McLeod – O'Reilly11:02

    xG 0.74–0.55 (57%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  4. Hejduk – Yip – Duchene10:45

    xG 0.48–0.44 (52%)attempts 8–14goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHannan – Quincey12:33

    xG 1.84–0.34 (84%)attempts 18–9goals 2–0

  2. Liles – Cohen14:02

    xG 1.07–0.31 (78%)attempts 20–14goals 1–0

  3. Shattenkirk – Holos13:43

    xG 0.40–0.73 (35%)attempts 11–14goals 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.

COL 4.1 xGDAL 1.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLDAL

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 DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 4/100 · #1174 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 83% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-5
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-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).