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Fri, Apr 8, 2011·Pepsi Center, Denver

Dallas Stars 3, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1111918328
COL021916217

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:51DALMike RibeiroAssists: Karlis Skrastins · Deflected, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:56DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Brad Richards, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–0
  3. P2 13:08COLBrandon YipSHAssists: Philippe Dupuis, Jonas Holos · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P3 0:40DALBrenden MorrowGWGAssists: Steve Ott, Mike Ribeiro · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–1
  5. P3 5:00COLBrandon YipAssists: Jay McClement, Jonas Holos · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 7:07COLRyan Wilson: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 14:52DALTrevor Daley: Interference2 min
  3. P1 19:15COLMark Olver: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P2 11:40COLDavid Koci: Delaying game puck over glass2 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 20:00McClement won the faceoff against Ott
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
28Shots on goal17
2.7Expected goals1.4
54Shot attempts45
24Faceoffs won21
3Power plays1
2Penalty minutes6
14Hits16
18Blocked shots13
0Giveaways9
5Takeaways9

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. bestLangenbrunner – Petersen – Wandell11:28

    xG 0.34–0.15 (70%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Richards – Eriksson – Benn13:34

    xG 0.42–0.22 (65%)attempts 11–10goals 1–0

  3. Morrow – Ribeiro – Ott11:25

    xG 0.60–0.44 (58%)attempts 9–11goals 2–1

  4. Williams – Segal – Burish3:35

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWoywitka – Daley14:47

    xG 0.61–0.18 (77%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  2. Fistric – Goligoski14:46

    xG 0.43–0.27 (62%)attempts 12–11goals 1–1

  3. Robidas – Skrastins16:49

    xG 0.27–0.58 (32%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMcClement – Yip – McLeod2:45

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  2. Hejduk – Winnik – Duchene3:40

    xG 0.19–0.17 (52%)attempts 6–2goals 0–1

  3. Hejduk – Olver – Duchene5:17

    xG 0.09–0.14 (39%)attempts 3–5goals 0–1

  4. Dupuis – Yip – McLeod2:36

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

Defence pairs

  1. bestMacias – Wilson2:02

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. O'Byrne – Wilson2:44

    xG 0.16–0.14 (52%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Belle – O'Byrne13:02

    xG 0.21–0.30 (41%)attempts 9–6goals 0–1

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 1.4 xGDAL 2.7 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #775 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.17 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 75% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

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

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