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Fri, Nov 1, 2019·Pepsi Center, Denver

Dallas Stars 2, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL1131808229
COL011117011139

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:06DALRoope HintzSHAssists: Denis Gurianov, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.21 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:39DALRoope HintzGWGAssists: Mattias Janmark · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–0
  3. P2 9:54COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Cale Makar, Nazem Kadri · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:27DALTyler Seguin: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 6:29COLIan Cole: Interference2 min
  3. P1 9:02DALJamie Oleksiak: Interference2 min
  4. P2 4:12DALRadek Faksa: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 9:24DALAndrew Cogliano: Hooking2 min
  6. P2 15:05COLNazem Kadri: Holding the stick2 min
  7. P2 15:30DALCorey Perry: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  8. P2 15:30COLJ.T. Compher: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  9. P2 18:03DALJohn Klingberg: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0COL
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
29Shots on goal39
2.8Expected goals1.9
60Shot attempts72
33Faceoffs won35
2Power plays5
12Penalty minutes6
12Hits18
22Blocked shots20
10Giveaways8
3Takeaways6

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. Shift data for this game is incomplete, so treat these as rough.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestPavelski – Hintz – Gurianov7:34

    xG 0.53–0.17 (76%)attempts 9–6goals 1–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin12:10

    xG 0.60–0.40 (60%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Perry – Janmark – Dickinson6:04

    xG 0.06–0.15 (28%)attempts 3–9goals 0–0

  4. Cogliano – Faksa – Caamano3:51

    xG 0.10–0.26 (28%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell14:58

    xG 0.98–0.33 (75%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Klingberg – Heiskanen2:49

    xG 0.17–0.04 (83%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Oleksiak2:24

    xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestKadri – Compher – Jost6:19

    xG 0.27–0.05 (84%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  2. Megna – Nichushkin – Kamenev2:54

    xG 0.09–0.04 (70%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Burakovsky – Compher – Jost2:24

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Kadri – Donskoi – MacKinnon3:52

    xG 0.12–0.22 (36%)attempts 2–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Girard2:40

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Graves – Zadorov4:27

    xG 0.15–0.07 (68%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Cole2:07

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 2–0goals 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 1.9 xGDAL 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #731 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.21 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 43% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 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 67% 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).