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Tue, Oct 15, 2013·Pepsi Center, Denver

Dallas Stars 2, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 86% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL16118017241
COL21015011326

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:18DALRich PeverleyAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:43COLMatt DucheneUnassisted · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 19:53COLJan HejdaAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, PA Parenteau · Slap, 0.06 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:58DALCody EakinPPAssists: Ray Whitney, Erik Cole · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 14:18COLMatt DucheneGWGAssists: PA Parenteau, Erik Johnson · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 0:55DALBrenden Dillon: Hooking2 min
  2. P1 15:12DALTrevor Daley: Holding2 min
  3. P2 1:42COLErik Johnson: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 8:59COLNathan MacKinnon: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:30COLNathan MacKinnon: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 18:09DALShawn Horcoff: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 18:09COLSemyon Varlamov: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 6:19COLErik Johnson: Holding2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Horcoff
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
41Shots on goal26
4.8Expected goals2.2
68Shot attempts44
33Faceoffs won32
4Power plays2
6Penalty minutes10
12Hits16
13Blocked shots18
6Giveaways2
6Takeaways17

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. bestCole – Horcoff – Roussel9:09

    xG 1.46–0.57 (72%)attempts 12–11goals 0–1

  2. Whitney – Chiasson – Eakin10:18

    xG 0.29–0.21 (58%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. Fiddler – MacDermid – Garbutt3:22

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Peverley – Benn – Seguin13:28

    xG 0.29–0.41 (41%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Goligoski14:36

    xG 0.99–0.55 (64%)attempts 13–17goals 0–1

  2. Robidas – Dillon12:17

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 10–7goals 1–1

  3. Daley – Benn13:23

    xG 0.35–0.94 (27%)attempts 10–11goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – McGinn – MacKinnon10:11

    xG 0.91–0.26 (78%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Downie – O'Reilly – Duchene12:08

    xG 0.30–0.37 (45%)attempts 10–9goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – Bordeleau – McLeod4:33

    xG 0.02–0.31 (6%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  4. Tanguay – Stastny – Landeskog13:51

    xG 0.50–1.47 (25%)attempts 9–14goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHejda – Johnson14:27

    xG 0.65–0.27 (71%)attempts 17–10goals 2–1

  2. Guenin – Wilson10:15

    xG 0.60–0.37 (62%)attempts 8–12goals 0–0

  3. Sarich – Benoit12:55

    xG 0.42–1.02 (29%)attempts 9–9goals 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 2.2 xGDAL 4.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 46/100 · #613 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.46 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +25 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 86% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).