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Wed, Mar 20, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Dallas Stars 3, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 61% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL210112010332
COL01321427434

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 12:06DALJaromir JagrAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Stephane Robidas · Wrist, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:12DALTrevor DaleyAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Alex Goligoski · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:48COLMark OlverAssists: Patrick Bordeleau, Chuck Kobasew · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–1
  4. P2 13:30COLGabriel LandeskogSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.32 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:56DALRay WhitneyAssists: Jaromir Jagr, Cody Eakin · Backhand, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P3 6:20COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Mark Olver, Jan Hejda · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 16:31COLChuck KobasewGWGAssists: Matt Hunwick, Ryan O'Reilly · Backhand, 0.09 xG3–4
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 3:16COLMatt Hunwick: Interference2 min
  2. P1 17:07DALJordie Benn: Interference2 min
  3. P1 17:57COLGabriel Landeskog: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  4. P2 3:01COLPaul Stastny: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 12:14COLPatrick Bordeleau: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 14:37DALEric Nystrom: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 14:37COLJan Hejda: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 14:37DALAntoine Roussel: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P2 14:37COLPA Parenteau: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  10. P2 0:00COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 11:09DALBrenden Dillon: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 12:27COLAaron Palushaj: High sticking2 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 20:00Stastny won the faceoff against Benn
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
32Shots on goal34
3.3Expected goals2.6
63Shot attempts50
29Faceoffs won27
6Power plays2
11Penalty minutes19
11Hits22
8Blocked shots18
8Giveaways3
13Takeaways14

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 – Smith – Eakin7:54

    xG 0.24–0.14 (64%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  2. Whitney – Eriksson – Benn6:27

    xG 0.29–0.37 (44%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Cole – Roy9:56

    xG 0.39–0.60 (39%)attempts 8–14goals 0–2

  4. Fiddler – Nystrom – Roussel5:20

    xG 0.10–0.37 (20%)attempts 4–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Goligoski14:39

    xG 0.56–0.21 (72%)attempts 14–9goals 2–0

  2. Robidas – Dillon17:29

    xG 0.49–0.41 (54%)attempts 17–14goals 1–2

  3. Benn – Oleksiak6:35

    xG 0.35–0.81 (30%)attempts 7–11goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMcLeod – Palushaj – O'Reilly3:48

    xG 0.39–0.14 (74%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

  2. Parenteau – Mitchell – Stastny6:01

    xG 0.26–0.17 (60%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  3. Parenteau – Duchene – Landeskog5:12

    xG 0.20–0.13 (60%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Kobasew – Bordeleau – Olver3:45

    xG 0.33–0.28 (54%)attempts 2–6goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Byrne – Hejda11:11

    xG 0.55–0.39 (58%)attempts 9–8goals 1–1

  2. Hunwick – Johnson14:06

    xG 0.76–0.67 (53%)attempts 14–20goals 2–1

  3. Zanon – Elliott11:32

    xG 0.49–0.52 (49%)attempts 12–14goals 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 2.6 xGDAL 3.3 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 92/100 · #72 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.34 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +43 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 61% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
+1
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+7

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