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Sat, Jan 23, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 3, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 82% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL171414315
DAL010119014143

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 19:07COLCarl SoderbergSHUnassisted · Wrist, 0.24 xG1–0
  2. P2 7:24DALJason DemersPPAssists: Antoine Roussel, Ales Hemsky · Backhand, 0.30 xG1–1
  3. P2 10:12COLGabriel LandeskogSHGWGAssists: Tyson Barrie · Wrist, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P3 14:09COLMikhail GrigorenkoAssists: Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.20 xG3–1
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 18:30COLNick Holden: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 2:01COLMatt Duchene: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 5:51COLErik Johnson: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P2 7:24COLCarl Soderberg: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 7:24COLCarl Soderberg: High sticking2 min
  6. P3 7:18DALAles Hemsky: Too many men on the ice2 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
47% to win54% to win
← COL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Mitchell won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
15Shots on goal43
1.7Expected goals3.8
32Shot attempts106
33Faceoffs won35
1Power plays5
10Penalty minutes2
16Hits14
32Blocked shots9
12Giveaways14
7Takeaways5

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. bestIginla – Grigorenko – Martinsen3:23

    xG 0.15–0.10 (60%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Mitchell – McLeod6:48

    xG 0.12–0.25 (33%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Tanguay – Duchene – MacKinnon12:17

    xG 0.30–0.46 (40%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Soderberg – Landeskog10:39

    xG 0.04–0.43 (8%)attempts 5–19goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBodnarchuk – Bigras5:29

    xG 0.19–0.10 (67%)attempts 3–7goals 0–0

  2. Beauchemin – Johnson15:21

    xG 0.30–0.37 (45%)attempts 11–19goals 0–0

  3. Holden – Barrie18:54

    xG 0.56–1.02 (35%)attempts 12–28goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFiddler – Eaves – Sceviour5:52

    xG 0.78–0.16 (83%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0

  2. Sharp – Benn – Seguin10:25

    xG 0.77–0.29 (73%)attempts 22–5goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Eakin – Nichushkin10:51

    xG 0.37–0.12 (76%)attempts 15–5goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Roussel – Janmark8:31

    xG 0.36–0.25 (59%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOduya – Demers14:11

    xG 0.42–0.20 (68%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg15:12

    xG 0.55–0.43 (56%)attempts 25–12goals 0–0

  3. Jokipakka – Lindell12:12

    xG 0.66–0.56 (54%)attempts 16–7goals 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 3.8 xGCOL 1.7 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 36/100 · #823 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 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 82% 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).