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Thu, Mar 21, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 3, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 61% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL01318211332
DAL09012124145

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 17:20COLErik JohnsonAssists: Samuel Girard, Colin Wilson · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P3 5:19COLTyson BarrieGWGAssists: Samuel Girard · Wrist, 0.03 xG2–0
  3. P3 14:59DALTyler SeguinAssists: John Klingberg, Miro Heiskanen · Tip-in, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:11COLCarl SoderbergENUnassisted · Snap, 0.53 xG3–1
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 5:07DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 10:31DALJoel L'Esperance: High sticking2 min
  3. P2 2:44COLMatt Calvert: Interference2 min
  4. P2 13:29DALBen Lovejoy: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 10:20COLNikita Zadorov: Interference2 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 20:00Girard won the faceoff against Dickinson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
32Shots on goal45
4.3Expected goals5.1
54Shot attempts81
24Faceoffs won33
3Power plays2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits27
25Blocked shots12
4Giveaways10
6Takeaways9

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. bestKerfoot – MacKinnon – Rantanen6:17

    xG 1.09–0.31 (78%)attempts 11–5goals 1–0

  2. Soderberg – Wilson – Rantanen5:08

    xG 0.35–0.06 (85%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  3. Calvert – Bourque – Jost2:00

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Brassard – Compher – MacKinnon3:22

    xG 0.09–0.27 (26%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Barrie6:57

    xG 0.88–0.45 (66%)attempts 5–13goals 0–0

  2. Barrie – Girard2:34

    xG 0.28–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–2goals 1–0

  3. Johnson – Cole2:31

    xG 0.43–0.19 (69%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestComeau – Benn – Dickinson3:44

    xG 0.40–0.06 (87%)attempts 6–5goals 0–1

  2. Benn – Dickinson – L'Esperance4:28

    xG 0.22–0.03 (87%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  3. Comeau – Faksa – Janmark9:18

    xG 0.60–0.62 (49%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Benn – Seguin4:49

    xG 0.57–0.61 (49%)attempts 9–7goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Heiskanen11:43

    xG 1.10–0.66 (63%)attempts 21–11goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell7:10

    xG 0.70–0.36 (66%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Heiskanen3:30

    xG 0.35–0.16 (68%)attempts 7–4goals 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 5.1 xGCOL 4.3 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 17/100 · #1037 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.88 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 61% 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).