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Thu, Nov 17, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 2, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 70% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL06116114236
DAL3601006322

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:15DALJohnny OduyaAssists: Lauri Korpikoski · Slap, 0.05 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:19DALBrett RitchiePPAssists: Devin Shore, Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–2
  3. P1 19:39DALPatrick EavesPPGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 12:06COLNathan MacKinnonSHAssists: Andreas Martinsen · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–3
  5. P3 1:51COLMikhail GrigorenkoAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, A.J. Greer · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–3
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 8:49COLNikita Zadorov: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 12:46COLNikita Zadorov: Holding2 min
  3. P1 19:14COLCody McLeod: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 1:37DALJamie Benn: Interference2 min
  5. P2 7:46DALTyler Seguin: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 7:57COLCarl Soderberg: Interference goalkeeper2 min
  7. P2 10:22COLPatrick Wiercioch: Delaying game2 min
  8. P3 5:53COLMikko Rantanen: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 17:53COLNikita Zadorov: 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
44% to win56% to win
← COL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
36Shots on goal22
3.0Expected goals1.8
77Shot attempts46
39Faceoffs won41
2Power plays7
14Penalty minutes4
12Hits7
17Blocked shots25
6Giveaways8
3Takeaways5

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 – Mitchell – Comeau10:12

    xG 0.77–0.21 (78%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Bourque – MacKinnon – Rantanen2:10

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. MacKinnon – Greer – Martinsen4:48

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Bourque – Rantanen5:43

    xG 0.13–0.21 (38%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Barrie3:52

    xG 0.26–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Wiercioch – Barrie11:32

    xG 0.51–0.27 (65%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Tyutin – Johnson13:33

    xG 0.58–0.37 (61%)attempts 17–12goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. Cracknell – McKenzie – Ritchie3:45

    xG 0.06–0.03 (64%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Eaves – Benn – Seguin4:22

    xG 0.15–0.14 (52%)attempts 5–8goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Benn – Faksa9:50

    xG 0.32–0.49 (40%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Roussel – Faksa2:15

    xG 0.01–0.20 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hamhuis – Klingberg13:03

    xG 0.30–0.48 (39%)attempts 8–19goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Nemeth12:57

    xG 0.48–0.70 (41%)attempts 15–14goals 0–0

  3. Oduya – Johns15:39

    xG 0.09–0.94 (9%)attempts 8–25goals 1–1

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 1.8 xGCOL 3.0 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 60/100 · #444 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.81 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 70% 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).