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Mon, Nov 28, 2011·Pepsi Center, Denver

Dallas Stars 3, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 54% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL18012215335
COL01101619136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:56DALEric NystromAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Stephane Robidas · Wrist, 0.33 xG1–0
  2. P3 14:36DALMichael RyderGWGAssists: Loui Eriksson, Philip Larsen · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P3 16:24COLKevin PorterAssists: David Jones, Stefan Elliott · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:32DALMichael RyderENAssists: Loui Eriksson, Adam Pardy · Wrist, 0.71 xG3–1
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:49DALKrys Barch: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 2:49COLCody McLeod: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 2:49COLCody McLeod: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 2:49COLCody McLeod: Misconduct10 min
  5. P1 3:49DALSheldon Souray: Slashing2 min
  6. P1 11:30DALTom Wandell: Hooking2 min
  7. P1 13:49COLRyan O'Byrne: Cross checking2 min
  8. P2 3:45DALMichael Ryder: Holding2 min
  9. P2 5:33COLRyan Wilson: Tripping2 min
  10. P3 8:10COLRyan O'Reilly: Boarding2 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
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackCOL 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.

DALCOL
35Shots on goal36
2.4Expected goals2.2
51Shot attempts59
29Faceoffs won32
4Power plays3
11Penalty minutes23
14Hits18
11Blocked shots9
3Giveaways7
8Takeaways9

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. bestDvorak – Fiddler – Nystrom9:32

    xG 0.60–0.29 (67%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  2. Ryder – Eriksson – Benn11:06

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 13–12goals 1–1

  3. Barch – Petersen – Wandell4:36

    xG 0.05–0.05 (49%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  4. Ribeiro – Ott – Vincour11:55

    xG 0.29–0.50 (37%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSouray – Robidas14:45

    xG 0.76–0.13 (85%)attempts 21–8goals 1–0

  2. Fistric – Larsen13:39

    xG 0.36–0.43 (45%)attempts 12–16goals 1–1

  3. Grossmann – Pardy15:50

    xG 0.28–1.16 (20%)attempts 11–22goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. Hejduk – Stastny – Duchene10:41

    xG 0.63–0.60 (51%)attempts 14–14goals 0–1

  2. Jones – McLeod – Galiardi3:00

    xG 0.03–0.06 (34%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Kobasew – McClement – Porter8:04

    xG 0.22–0.29 (44%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  4. Winnik – O'Reilly – Landeskog11:29

    xG 0.12–0.33 (26%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestQuincey – O'Brien15:07

    xG 1.01–0.45 (69%)attempts 18–17goals 0–0

  2. O'Byrne – Hejda14:24

    xG 0.28–0.12 (71%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Wilson – Elliott14:50

    xG 0.38–0.84 (31%)attempts 17–18goals 1–1

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 2.2 xGDAL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 20/100 · #949 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.05 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 42% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest 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, Dallas Stars win this game 54% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

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

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