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Tue, Feb 3, 2015·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 3, Dallas Stars 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 72% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL040428084324
DAL11019012013232

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 6:47DALPatrick EavesPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:08DALErik ColeAssists: Ales Hemsky · Slap, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P3 6:12COLRyan O'ReillyAssists: Brad Stuart, Nick Holden · Snap, 0.41 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:40COLTyson BarrieAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, Ryan O'Reilly · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Jason Spezza stopped
  2. 2. COL Nathan MacKinnon scored
  3. 3. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  4. 4. COL Matt Duchene stopped
  5. 5. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  6. 6. COL Alex Tanguay stopped
  7. 7. DAL Vernon Fiddler stopped
  8. 8. COL Ryan O'Reilly stopped
  9. 9. DAL John Klingberg stopped
  10. 10. COL Jarome Iginla stopped
  11. 11. DAL Patrick Eaves stopped
  12. 12. COL Tyson Barrie stopped
  13. 13. DAL Shawn Horcoff stopped
  14. 14. COL John Mitchell stopped
  15. 15. DAL Antoine Roussel scored
  16. 16. COL Daniel Brière scored
  17. 17. DAL Colton Sceviour scored
  18. 18. COL Gabriel Landeskog scored
  19. 19. DAL Erik Cole stopped
  20. 20. COL Zach Redmond stopped
  21. 21. DAL Ales Hemsky stopped
  22. 22. COL Max Talbot scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:27COLJohn Mitchell: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:58COLJarome Iginla: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 6:58DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:03COLZach Redmond: Holding2 min
  5. P2 4:16DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 2:57DALTrevor Daley: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 14:14COLZach Redmond: Slashing2 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
46% to win54% 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
24Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals3.3
55Shot attempts68
27Faceoffs won38
2Power plays3
11Penalty minutes9
26Hits18
23Blocked shots18
10Giveaways10
2Takeaways11

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. Brière – Talbot – Cliche4:53

    xG 0.03–0.12 (17%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Landeskog – MacKinnon14:45

    xG 0.74–0.93 (44%)attempts 15–16goals 1–0

  3. Mitchell – McLeod – Everberg9:01

    xG 0.03–0.25 (12%)attempts 3–11goals 0–1

  4. Iginla – Tanguay – Duchene12:49

    xG 0.07–0.83 (8%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Stuart – Holden12:51

    xG 0.57–0.72 (44%)attempts 9–14goals 1–0

  2. Hejda – Barrie2:53

    xG 0.01–0.16 (6%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

  3. Hejda – Redmond13:58

    xG 0.24–0.49 (33%)attempts 9–12goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Eakin – Garbutt10:57

    xG 1.13–0.16 (88%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Cole – Spezza – Hemsky8:20

    xG 0.28–0.03 (91%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Horcoff – Fiddler – Sceviour9:09

    xG 0.25–0.09 (75%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  4. Eaves – Benn – Seguin12:18

    xG 0.58–0.60 (49%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDemers – Benn12:35

    xG 0.88–0.03 (96%)attempts 18–4goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg16:31

    xG 0.74–0.28 (73%)attempts 18–16goals 1–0

  3. Daley – Jokipakka16:06

    xG 0.82–0.70 (54%)attempts 12–14goals 0–1

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 3.3 xGCOL 2.1 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 74/100 · #263 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.84 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 2% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +48 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 72% 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).