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Tue, Oct 24, 2017·Pepsi Center, Denver

Dallas Stars 3, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 53% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL110113114337
COL11131517533

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:03DALJamie BennAssists: John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–0
  2. P1 13:45COLMatt NietoAssists: Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:14COLMatt NietoAssists: Carl Soderberg, Blake Comeau · Backhand, 0.19 xG1–2
  4. P2 2:44DALBrett RitchieAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. P2 4:04COLGabriel LandeskogAssists: Matt Duchene · Backhand, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P2 19:50COLMark BarberioGWGAssists: Tyson Barrie, Blake Comeau · Slap, 0.02 xG2–4
  7. P3 10:12DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.06 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:56COLMatt NietoENAssists: Blake Comeau, Carl Soderberg · Wrist, 0.72 xG3–5
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:53DALJamie Benn: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 12:09COLMatt Duchene: Boarding2 min
  3. P1 12:43DALAlexander Radulov: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 15:17COLAlexander Kerfoot: High sticking double minor4 min
  5. P2 8:48DALBrett Ritchie: Holding2 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
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Duchene won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
37Shots on goal33
3.8Expected goals3.5
67Shot attempts52
33Faceoffs won33
3Power plays3
6Penalty minutes6
18Hits17
11Blocked shots15
4Giveaways6
13Takeaways11

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. bestBenn – Seguin – Ritchie10:41

    xG 1.23–0.17 (88%)attempts 16–5goals 2–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin2:53

    xG 0.20–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 1–0

  3. Radulov – Shore – Janmark9:35

    xG 0.50–0.44 (53%)attempts 14–7goals 0–2

  4. Ritchie – Shore – Janmark2:24

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMethot – Klingberg16:06

    xG 1.51–0.34 (82%)attempts 30–8goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell3:37

    xG 0.24–0.01 (96%)attempts 4–2goals 2–0

  3. Lindell – Honka7:04

    xG 0.63–0.46 (58%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestDuchene – Landeskog – Yakupov8:52

    xG 0.61–0.23 (72%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto12:18

    xG 0.51–0.25 (67%)attempts 9–11goals 2–0

  3. Duchene – Bourque – Landeskog2:07

    xG 0.06–0.23 (20%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Bourque – Kerfoot – Greer7:01

    xG 0.19–0.45 (29%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarberio – Bigras9:17

    xG 0.39–0.25 (60%)attempts 8–10goals 0–1

  2. Johnson – Barberio3:10

    xG 0.18–0.06 (75%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Barrie – Bigras3:27

    xG 0.03–0.07 (31%)attempts 2–7goals 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 3.5 xGDAL 3.8 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 73/100 · #371 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.68 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 36% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +22 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 53% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).