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Thu, Mar 7, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 0, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 65% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL01301008031
DAL111110212433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 16:14DALAlexander RadulovGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza · Tip-in, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P2 8:55DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.03 xG0–2
  3. P3 5:19DALJamie BennAssists: Jason Dickinson · Snap, 0.13 xG0–3
  4. P3 17:02DALAlexander RadulovENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.71 xG0–4
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 11:08COLTyson Barrie: Cross checking2 min
  2. P1 13:32DALBlake Comeau: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 11:25DALRoman Polak: 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 20:00Comeau won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
31Shots on goal33
2.2Expected goals3.0
63Shot attempts54
23Faceoffs won23
2Power plays1
2Penalty minutes4
20Hits29
13Blocked shots19
10Giveaways22
5Takeaways14

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. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:57

    xG 0.62–0.38 (62%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  2. Brassard – Calvert – Jost6:02

    xG 0.39–0.25 (60%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Brassard – MacKinnon – Rantanen2:29

    xG 0.02–0.01 (71%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Soderberg – Wilson – Compher8:16

    xG 0.15–0.23 (39%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBarrie – Graves2:35

    xG 0.35–0.02 (95%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Barrie3:48

    xG 0.33–0.11 (75%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Girard12:36

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 13–5goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Seguin – Hintz9:19

    xG 0.75–0.04 (95%)attempts 20–6goals 1–0

  2. Cogliano – Nichushkin – L'Esperance5:29

    xG 0.21–0.10 (67%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Spezza – Ritchie – Janmark6:51

    xG 0.20–0.23 (46%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Benn – Dickinson12:08

    xG 0.29–0.38 (43%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Heiskanen15:50

    xG 0.94–0.30 (76%)attempts 21–8goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell2:42

    xG 0.37–0.04 (91%)attempts 5–1goals 1–0

  3. Lovejoy – Fedun7:57

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 6–4goals 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 3.0 xGCOL 2.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1206 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 65% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

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

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