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Mon, Feb 4, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Dallas Stars 3, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 57% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL2141309326
COL11311107231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:21DALJamie BennUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:18DALBrenden MorrowAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.13 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:12COLMilan HejdukAssists: John Mitchell, Paul Stastny · Wrist, 0.23 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:33COLPA ParenteauPPAssists: Paul Stastny, Jamie McGinn · Wrist, 0.33 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:29DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Derek Roy, Aaron Rome · Wrist, 0.05 xG3–2
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 13:21COLPatrick Bordeleau: Charging2 min
  2. P1 13:21COLMatt Hunwick: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 18:37DALMichael Ryder: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 19:00COLPA Parenteau: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 5:43DALJaromir Jagr: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 8:31DALBrenden Morrow: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 10:46DALStephane Robidas: Tripping2 min · PPG
  8. P3 6:42DALJaromir Jagr: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  9. P3 14:22COLGreg Zanon: Holding2 min
  10. P3 16:13COLRyan O'Byrne: 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
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
26Shots on goal31
3.3Expected goals2.9
62Shot attempts46
25Faceoffs won34
5Power plays5
10Penalty minutes10
10Hits24
9Blocked shots20
3Giveaways9
14Takeaways9

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. bestJagr – Morrow – Benn12:30

    xG 0.48–0.31 (61%)attempts 16–6goals 2–0

  2. Fiddler – Nystrom – Roussel5:38

    xG 0.18–0.03 (88%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Smith – Eakin – Vincour3:43

    xG 0.13–0.01 (92%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Ryder – Smith – Eakin3:37

    xG 0.10–0.02 (84%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Dillon14:07

    xG 0.47–0.32 (59%)attempts 16–8goals 2–0

  2. Goligoski – Oleksiak13:54

    xG 0.51–0.41 (55%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

  3. Daley – Rome11:49

    xG 0.19–0.70 (21%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHejduk – Mitchell – Stastny8:40

    xG 0.52–0.14 (79%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  2. Kobasew – McLeod – Olver6:59

    xG 0.14–0.11 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Van Der Gulik – Bordeleau – Sgarbossa4:36

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene11:26

    xG 0.36–0.37 (49%)attempts 8–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – O'Brien11:08

    xG 0.61–0.21 (74%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Johnson9:20

    xG 0.42–0.43 (49%)attempts 6–13goals 0–2

  3. Zanon – O'Byrne15:20

    xG 0.25–0.30 (46%)attempts 12–11goals 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.

COL 2.9 xGDAL 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 67/100 · #249 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.64 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 57% 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).