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Fri, Nov 1, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 57% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
COL113150813329
DAL040821601229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:22COLPaul StastnyAssists: Alex Tanguay, Jan Hejda · Snap, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P2 18:41COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Nathan MacKinnon · Slap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P3 3:57DALAlex GoligoskiAssists: Tyler Seguin, Rich Peverley · Slap, 0.03 xG2–1
  4. P3 16:31DALTyler SeguinAssists: Rich Peverley, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:36COLPaul StastnyGWGAssists: Nate Guenin, Ryan Wilson · Snap, 0.08 xG3–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 4:09DALStephane Robidas: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 5:10DALAntoine Roussel: Cross checking2 min
  3. P2 10:52COLRyan Wilson: Interference2 min
  4. P2 15:26DALSergei Gonchar: Holding2 min
  5. P3 13:57DALRich Peverley: Holding2 min
  6. P3 16:33DALAlex Chiasson: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 16:33COLGabriel Landeskog: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 16:33COLGabriel Landeskog: Roughing2 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
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
29Shots on goal29
3.1Expected goals2.8
54Shot attempts64
38Faceoffs won27
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
28Hits21
20Blocked shots14
8Giveaways9
4Takeaways9

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 – O'Reilly – Duchene14:49

    xG 0.74–0.35 (68%)attempts 16–15goals 0–0

  2. Tanguay – Stastny – Landeskog10:24

    xG 0.32–0.23 (59%)attempts 6–10goals 1–2

  3. Talbot – Mitchell – MacKinnon10:59

    xG 0.38–1.08 (26%)attempts 5–15goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Sarich – Benoit7:41

    xG 0.10–0.05 (66%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  2. Guenin – Wilson12:28

    xG 0.64–0.78 (45%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

  3. Hejda – Johnson14:39

    xG 0.32–0.49 (40%)attempts 7–15goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestWhitney – Benn – Seguin5:27

    xG 0.46–0.00 (100%)attempts 11–0goals 0–0

  2. Peverley – Benn – Seguin3:21

    xG 0.25–0.23 (52%)attempts 6–2goals 2–0

  3. Roussel – Chiasson – Eakin5:25

    xG 0.14–0.13 (51%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Peverley – Nichushkin5:17

    xG 0.01–0.02 (44%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Daley11:17

    xG 1.12–0.09 (92%)attempts 16–2goals 0–0

  2. Robidas – Dillon15:37

    xG 0.58–0.55 (51%)attempts 16–15goals 1–1

  3. Goligoski – Benn17:19

    xG 0.31–0.78 (29%)attempts 16–15goals 1–0

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 2.8 xGCOL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 73/100 · #263 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.80 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +38 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 57% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

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

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