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Sat, Mar 23, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 2, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL011113111235
DAL21021318531

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:34DALDerek RoyAssists: Loui Eriksson · Wrist, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 9:57DALJordie BennPPAssists: Derek Roy, Alex Goligoski · Backhand, 0.36 xG0–2
  3. P2 0:58DALEric NystromGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Jaromir Jagr · Wrist, 0.42 xG0–3
  4. P2 4:37DALCody EakinAssists: Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.13 xG0–4
  5. P2 19:05COLPA ParenteauPPAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, Paul Stastny · Slap, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:37COLPaul StastnyAssists: John Mitchell · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 6:44DALJaromir JagrAssists: Eric Nystrom, Jamie Benn · Wrap-around, 0.04 xG2–5
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 0:53DALJamie Benn: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 9:06COLCody McLeod: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 1:07COLJan Hejda: Interference2 min
  4. P2 10:39COLChuck Kobasew: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 18:05DALBrenden Dillon: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  6. P3 12:38DALErik Cole: Holding2 min
  7. P3 18:36COLCody McLeod: Roughing2 min
  8. P3 18:36COLCody McLeod: Misconduct10 min
  9. P3 18:36COLShane O'Brien: Misconduct10 min
  10. P3 18:36DALBrenden Dillon: Misconduct10 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
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Roy won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
35Shots on goal31
2.7Expected goals3.7
75Shot attempts52
31Faceoffs won34
3Power plays4
28Penalty minutes16
47Hits28
13Blocked shots24
15Giveaways9
10Takeaways5

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. bestParenteau – Jones – Duchene4:20

    xG 0.32–0.08 (80%)attempts 6–4goals 0–1

  2. Parenteau – McGinn – Duchene6:08

    xG 0.22–0.10 (69%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  3. Kobasew – Olver – O'Reilly2:17

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  4. Kobasew – McLeod – Olver2:34

    xG 0.01–0.13 (9%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestO'Byrne – O'Brien4:18

    xG 0.58–0.00 (100%)attempts 13–0goals 0–0

  2. Hunwick – Johnson13:39

    xG 0.62–0.34 (65%)attempts 20–10goals 0–1

  3. Hejda – Elliott7:42

    xG 0.16–0.31 (34%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestJagr – Nystrom – Benn8:16

    xG 0.93–0.64 (59%)attempts 9–14goals 2–1

  2. Morrow – Cole – Fiddler2:26

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Cole – Eakin5:20

    xG 0.14–0.12 (55%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  4. Whitney – Roy – Eriksson13:42

    xG 0.43–0.44 (49%)attempts 13–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Dillon16:43

    xG 1.17–0.38 (75%)attempts 15–15goals 2–1

  2. Daley – Goligoski18:50

    xG 0.51–0.60 (46%)attempts 14–25goals 1–0

  3. Goligoski – Dillon2:20

    xG 0.02–0.16 (9%)attempts 3–3goals 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 3.7 xGCOL 2.7 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 62/100 · #283 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.65 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 57% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 67% 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).