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Sat, Dec 3, 2016·Pepsi Center, Denver

Dallas Stars 3, Colorado Avalanche 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 70% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL112111110333
COL0130505023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:08DALCurtis McKenzieGWGAssists: Devin Shore · Wrist, 0.39 xG1–0
  2. P2 6:02DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza · Slap, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:38DALPatrick EavesENAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.48 xG3–0
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 12:16DALJason Spezza: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 17:02COLAndreas Martinsen: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 1:57COLNikita Zadorov: Interference2 min
  4. P2 5:06COLRene Bourque: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P2 7:51DALJohn Klingberg: Interference2 min
  6. P2 11:10COLJoe Colborne: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 16:52DALJamie Benn: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  8. P3 15:45DALStephen Johns: Tripping2 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
44% to win56% to win
← DAL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
33Shots on goal23
2.8Expected goals1.7
57Shot attempts45
22Faceoffs won31
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
6Hits9
9Blocked shots15
2Giveaways9
7Takeaways7

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.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCracknell – McKenzie – Shore7:47

    xG 0.92–0.07 (93%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Korpikoski – Ritchie3:09

    xG 0.34–0.06 (85%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Eaves – Roussel – Faksa3:37

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Eaves – Benn – Seguin6:06

    xG 0.08–0.04 (68%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBenn – Johns11:18

    xG 0.97–0.16 (86%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Honka10:50

    xG 0.79–0.68 (53%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  3. Hamhuis – Johns2:39

    xG 0.08–0.07 (54%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Grimaldi – Grigorenko4:09

    xG 0.66–0.07 (90%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  2. Bourque – MacKinnon – Rantanen5:36

    xG 0.23–0.05 (82%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – MacKinnon – Rantanen3:32

    xG 0.16–0.01 (92%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Mitchell – Comeau – Colborne3:29

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Gelinas2:29

    xG 0.17–0.05 (79%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Zadorov3:17

    xG 0.10–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Zadorov5:54

    xG 0.11–0.03 (77%)attempts 4–3goals 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.

COL 1.7 xGDAL 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

COLDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

COL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line COL is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1104 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.73 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 44% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 70% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

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

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