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Sat, Oct 14, 2017·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 1, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 91% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL0408111123
DAL01421418336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 0:24DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.07 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:59DALTyler SeguinPPGWGAssists: Devin Shore, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–2
  3. P3 1:26COLMatt DucheneAssists: Tyson Barrie, Colin Wilson · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 19:21DALEsa LindellENAssists: Devin Shore, Stephen Johns · Wrist, 0.60 xG1–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:06DALEsa Lindell: Holding2 min
  2. P1 12:06COLNikita Zadorov: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 2:24COLAlexander Kerfoot: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 2:58COLBlake Comeau: Slashing2 min
  5. P2 6:51COLNikita Zadorov: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 12:57DALMattias Janmark: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 16:46DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  8. P2 18:56COLSven Andrighetto: Holding2 min · PPG
  9. P3 3:59COLNikita Zadorov: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 3:59DALTyler Seguin: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 3:59COLPatrik Nemeth: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 6:46DALAntoine Roussel: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
23Shots on goal36
1.4Expected goals4.3
42Shot attempts69
33Faceoffs won36
4Power plays6
17Penalty minutes13
15Hits26
15Blocked shots9
11Giveaways6
4Takeaways8

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. bestWilson – Landeskog – Compher7:33

    xG 0.30–0.22 (58%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Andrighetto – MacKinnon – Rantanen8:00

    xG 0.24–0.40 (37%)attempts 6–11goals 0–1

  3. Duchene – Yakupov – Kerfoot7:52

    xG 0.11–0.29 (27%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto7:29

    xG 0.04–0.59 (6%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Zadorov11:10

    xG 0.52–0.37 (58%)attempts 13–14goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Barrie4:43

    xG 0.09–0.07 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Bigras5:04

    xG 0.10–0.13 (42%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRoussel – Pitlick – Faksa8:05

    xG 0.80–0.16 (83%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Hanzal – Shore – Elie7:31

    xG 0.22–0.10 (68%)attempts 3–6goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Ritchie – Janmark5:54

    xG 0.27–0.17 (62%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin10:35

    xG 0.19–0.30 (40%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Honka11:14

    xG 1.05–0.22 (83%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  2. Hamhuis – Johns12:59

    xG 0.37–0.22 (62%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  3. Methot – Klingberg11:38

    xG 0.38–0.32 (54%)attempts 13–11goals 1–0

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 4.3 xGCOL 1.4 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 19/100 · #1034 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +21 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 91% 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).