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Thu, Apr 7, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 2, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 96% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0403212219
DAL11521115431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:13DALJason DickinsonAssists: Valeri Nichushkin · Backhand, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P2 3:43DALColton SceviourPPAssists: Patrick Sharp, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.22 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:05DALJordie BennPPGWGAssists: Ales Hemsky, Radek Faksa · Slap, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P3 10:54COLFrancois BeaucheminAssists: Gabriel Landeskog, John Mitchell · Tip-in, 0.01 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:54DALAntoine RousselENAssists: Ales Hemsky, Radek Faksa · Wrist, 0.65 xG1–4
  6. P3 19:00COLShawn MatthiasAssists: Jarome Iginla, John Mitchell · Tip-in, 0.13 xG2–4
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:26COLTyson Barrie: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 15:27DALAles Hemsky: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 3:07COLErik Johnson: Boarding5 min · PPG
  4. P2 3:07COLErik Johnson: Game misconduct10 min
  5. P2 7:03COLMikhail Grigorenko: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 19:27DALPatrick Sharp: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P3 1:43DALJohn Klingberg: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 6:31COLNikita Zadorov: Tripping2 min
  9. P3 8:52DALStephen Johns: High sticking2 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 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Duchene
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
19Shots on goal31
1.2Expected goals4.8
51Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won25
4Power plays5
21Penalty minutes8
13Hits14
20Blocked shots24
5Giveaways11
6Takeaways8

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. Boedker – Duchene – Grigorenko10:22

    xG 0.16–0.17 (50%)attempts 9–11goals 0–0

  2. Iginla – Mitchell – Matthias7:33

    xG 0.44–0.44 (50%)attempts 10–10goals 1–1

  3. McLeod – Skille – Agozzino7:14

    xG 0.05–0.20 (20%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Soderberg – Landeskog10:41

    xG 0.10–0.80 (11%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Beauchemin – Zadorov2:05

    xG 0.04–0.02 (72%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  2. Beauchemin – Holden2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 1–3goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Holden6:12

    xG 0.18–0.20 (48%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestHemsky – Roussel – Faksa6:58

    xG 0.72–0.09 (89%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  2. Moen – Fiddler – McKenzie9:18

    xG 0.44–0.12 (79%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0

  3. Sceviour – Dickinson – Nichushkin7:57

    xG 0.26–0.09 (73%)attempts 10–7goals 1–0

  4. Sharp – Benn – Eakin10:32

    xG 0.08–0.02 (77%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRussell – Benn11:09

    xG 0.83–0.13 (87%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Goligoski – Klingberg10:03

    xG 0.51–0.23 (69%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Johns13:06

    xG 0.50–0.22 (69%)attempts 13–11goals 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 4.8 xGCOL 1.2 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 41/100 · #709 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.68 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 96% 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).