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Sat, Apr 8, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 3, Dallas Stars 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 74% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
COL0411128010324
DAL118112111041445

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:40DALDevin ShoreAssists: Cody Eakin, Greg Pateryn · Tip-in, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 0:37DALJamie BennPPAssists: John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P2 17:35COLMikko RantanenAssists: Tyson Barrie, Sven Andrighetto · Slap, 0.31 xG1–2
  4. P3 5:37COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Francois Beauchemin, Blake Comeau · Deflected, 0.10 xG2–2
  5. P3 8:24COLTyson BarriePPAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Sven Andrighetto · Slap, 0.05 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:44DALTyler SeguinAssists: Esa Lindell, John Klingberg · Deflected, 0.12 xG3–3

Shootout

  1. 1. COL Matt Duchene stopped
  2. 2. DAL Tyler Seguin scored
  3. 3. COL Nathan MacKinnon stopped
  4. 4. DAL Jamie Benn stopped
  5. 5. COL Mikko Rantanen stopped
Penalties (2)
  1. P1 19:28COLRocco Grimaldi: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P3 8:19DALPatrik Nemeth: Holding2 min · PPG

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 20:00Smith won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
24Shots on goal45
2.0Expected goals3.4
52Shot attempts65
29Faceoffs won35
1Power plays1
2Penalty minutes2
28Hits11
11Blocked shots17
13Giveaways12
4Takeaways14

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. bestComeau – Soderberg – Bourque4:34

    xG 0.12–0.02 (87%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Bourque – Duchene – Compher7:46

    xG 0.21–0.21 (50%)attempts 7–4goals 0–1

  3. Soderberg – Grimaldi – Nieto3:25

    xG 0.03–0.04 (44%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Landeskog – Jost7:19

    xG 0.14–0.20 (41%)attempts 6–5goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Barrie12:35

    xG 0.64–0.36 (64%)attempts 15–8goals 1–0

  2. Siemens – Lindholm3:12

    xG 0.19–0.12 (62%)attempts 2–1goals 0–1

  3. Johnson – Lindholm3:27

    xG 0.02–0.09 (18%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestEakin – Shore – Elie13:14

    xG 0.74–0.20 (79%)attempts 13–10goals 1–0

  2. Spezza – Benn – Seguin12:34

    xG 0.88–0.60 (59%)attempts 20–10goals 1–1

  3. Cracknell – Faksa – Dickinson12:50

    xG 0.41–0.23 (65%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  4. McNeill – Smith – Gurianov11:53

    xG 0.25–0.38 (39%)attempts 4–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPateryn – Nemeth19:03

    xG 1.13–0.25 (82%)attempts 22–13goals 1–1

  2. Klingberg – Lindell17:57

    xG 0.97–0.72 (57%)attempts 17–16goals 1–1

  3. Hamhuis – Honka16:23

    xG 0.37–0.66 (36%)attempts 11–18goals 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 3.4 xGCOL 2.0 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 83/100 · #178 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.09 · 6 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 17% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +36 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 74% 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).