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Sat, Nov 24, 2018·Pepsi Center, Denver

Dallas Stars 2, Colorado Avalanche 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 61% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0608215229
COL06112218336

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 13:11COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Gabriel Landeskog · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P3 11:32DALRadek FaksaAssists: Alexander Radulov · Snap, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P3 15:03DALJamie BennAssists: Tyler Seguin, Alexander Radulov · Snap, 0.14 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:18COLJ.T. CompherAssists: Alexander Kerfoot, Tyson Jost · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–2
  5. P3 18:04COLMikko RantanenGWGAssists: Erik Johnson, Nathan MacKinnon · Tip-in, 0.16 xG2–3
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 7:07DALAlexander Radulov: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P1 7:19COLGabriel Landeskog: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:35DALMiro Heiskanen: Holding2 min
  4. P2 9:48DALTaylor Fedun: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 15:16DALRoman Polak: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 17:42COLVladislav Kamenev: Hooking2 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 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
29Shots on goal36
2.2Expected goals2.9
45Shot attempts64
24Faceoffs won36
2Power plays4
8Penalty minutes4
15Hits12
19Blocked shots9
1Giveaways5
5Takeaways5

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. bestComeau – Janmark – Dickinson8:36

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Spezza – Shore – Hintz5:21

    xG 0.10–0.14 (41%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Pitlick – Faksa – Nichushkin5:59

    xG 0.03–0.16 (14%)attempts 2–8goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin13:45

    xG 0.33–0.71 (31%)attempts 6–16goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestFedun – Bayreuther3:39

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–2goals 1–0

  2. Fedun – Honka4:47

    xG 0.18–0.06 (75%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  3. Fedun – Lindell2:13

    xG 0.02–0.01 (63%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen14:15

    xG 1.21–0.29 (81%)attempts 24–5goals 2–1

  2. Soderberg – Calvert – Dries5:00

    xG 0.14–0.03 (81%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Compher – Kamenev – Dries2:37

    xG 0.15–0.17 (47%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Wilson – Kerfoot – Jost9:00

    xG 0.14–0.18 (44%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Barrie14:08

    xG 0.67–0.14 (82%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Nemeth – Zadorov11:41

    xG 0.51–0.45 (53%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Girard15:19

    xG 0.33–0.88 (27%)attempts 12–17goals 0–2

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 2.9 xGDAL 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 82/100 · #244 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.22 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 7% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +47 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 61% 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).