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Tue, Feb 15, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Dallas Stars 4, Colorado Avalanche 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 64% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL172716420
COL014116017147

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 18:24DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Jason Robertson, Tyler Seguin · Tip-in, 0.13 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:26DALJason RobertsonGWGAssists: Joe Pavelski, Jani Hakanpää · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P2 5:12COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Cale Makar, Alex Newhook · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–1
  4. P2 12:39DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Roope Hintz · Wrist, 0.32 xG3–1
  5. P3 18:37DALTyler SeguinENAssists: Jamie Benn, Joe Pavelski · Wrist, 0.61 xG4–1
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:58DALRyan Suter: Slashing2 min
  2. P1 17:41COLNazem Kadri: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG
  3. P2 10:18DALJohn Klingberg: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 12:27COLNicolas Aube-Kubel: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  5. P2 12:39COLNicolas Aube-Kubel: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  6. P2 13:04DALTyler Seguin: Elbowing2 min
  7. P3 9:38DALJamie Benn: 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
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00MacKinnon won the faceoff against Glendening
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
20Shots on goal47
3.5Expected goals4.4
39Shot attempts88
38Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits20
29Blocked shots10
1Giveaways7
7Takeaways9

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. Glendening – Raffl – Kiviranta9:25

    xG 0.16–0.17 (49%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin2:02

    xG 0.01–0.15 (8%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:59

    xG 0.56–0.78 (42%)attempts 15–17goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Kero – Peterson4:26

    xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 1–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Klingberg – Lindell19:12

    xG 0.68–0.90 (43%)attempts 12–24goals 0–0

  2. Hakanpää – Harley6:58

    xG 0.05–0.62 (8%)attempts 2–13goals 1–1

  3. Suter – Heiskanen17:34

    xG 0.55–1.33 (29%)attempts 14–21goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestLandeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen13:42

    xG 1.15–0.67 (63%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

  2. Kadri – Burakovsky – Nichushkin8:43

    xG 0.53–0.10 (84%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  3. Helm – Aube-Kubel – Jost4:43

    xG 0.22–0.07 (75%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  4. Compher – O'Connor – Newhook6:39

    xG 0.10–0.15 (40%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – Girard6:21

    xG 0.87–0.02 (98%)attempts 11–3goals 0–0

  2. Johnson – Toews2:42

    xG 0.45–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Makar13:53

    xG 0.88–0.64 (58%)attempts 15–9goals 1–0

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 4.4 xGDAL 3.5 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 30/100 · #969 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.00 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 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 64% 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).