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Sat, Nov 20, 2010·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 4, Dallas Stars 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 61% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL1521207022426
DAL0829110021329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:05COLMilan HejdukPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, John-Michael Liles · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P2 3:02COLMilan HejdukPPAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk, Paul Stastny · Tip-in, 0.20 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:30COLDavid JonesAssists: Chris Stewart, John-Michael Liles · Backhand, 0.17 xG3–0
  4. P2 13:33DALAdam BurishAssists: James Neal, Kari Lehtonen · Slap, 0.03 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:56DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.15 xG3–2
  6. P3 10:02DALJames NealPPAssists: Steve Ott, Stephane Robidas · Wrist, 0.06 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Brad Richards stopped
  2. 2. COL Milan Hejduk stopped
  3. 3. DAL Loui Eriksson stopped
  4. 4. COL Chris Stewart scored
  5. 5. DAL Mike Ribeiro scored
  6. 6. COL Matt Duchene stopped
  7. 7. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  8. 8. COL David Jones stopped
  9. 9. DAL Steve Ott stopped
  10. 10. COL Kevin Porter scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 3:51DALKarlis Skrastins: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:11COLDaniel Winnik: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 8:51DALStephane Robidas: Hooking2 min
  4. P1 17:25DALBrian Sutherby: Holding2 min
  5. P1 19:22DALBrenden Morrow: Tripping2 min
  6. P1 19:22DALBrenden Morrow: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  7. P2 5:49COLDavid Jones: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 10:29COLChris Stewart: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 8:15COLRyan O'Byrne: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. OT 4:21COLScott Hannan: Cross checking2 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 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← COL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
26Shots on goal29
2.7Expected goals2.1
55Shot attempts57
28Faceoffs won30
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
31Hits40
16Blocked shots16
9Giveaways13
5Takeaways6

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. bestDupuis – Yip – McLeod2:09

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Stastny – Stewart10:44

    xG 0.57–0.37 (61%)attempts 10–9goals 1–1

  3. Hejduk – Porter – Duchene9:26

    xG 0.31–0.25 (56%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

  4. Yip – Winnik – O'Reilly2:01

    xG 0.00–0.04 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLiles – O'Byrne10:15

    xG 0.32–0.05 (87%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  2. Hannan – O'Byrne2:38

    xG 0.05–0.07 (42%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

  3. Hannan – Shattenkirk16:02

    xG 0.27–0.47 (37%)attempts 10–16goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestMorrow – Ribeiro – Eriksson9:04

    xG 0.67–0.27 (72%)attempts 13–4goals 1–0

  2. Richards – Eriksson – Neal4:58

    xG 0.27–0.17 (61%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  3. Ott – Burish – Wandell5:50

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  4. Barch – Ott – Burish3:59

    xG 0.23–0.21 (53%)attempts 3–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Grossmann12:33

    xG 0.66–0.41 (62%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Daley – Fistric9:25

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

  3. Skrastins – Fistric4:31

    xG 0.16–0.13 (55%)attempts 4–8goals 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.

DAL 2.1 xGCOL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALCOL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 85/100 · #177 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.71 · 6 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +34 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 61% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

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

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