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Sun, Feb 13, 2022·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 4, Dallas Stars 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 73% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL21307210430
DAL0501404023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:31COLGabriel LandeskogGWGAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar · Tip-in, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:51COLNazem KadriAssists: Cale Makar · Tip-in, 0.23 xG2–0
  3. P3 13:50COLNicolas Aube-KubelAssists: Tyson Jost, Valeri Nichushkin · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P3 18:10COLGabriel LandeskogENUnassisted · Backhand, 0.79 xG4–0
Penalties (4)
  1. P2 5:45COLGabriel Landeskog: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 8:22COLCale Makar: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 14:35COLNathan MacKinnon: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 16:00DALJamie 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← COL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
30Shots on goal23
3.2Expected goals1.9
61Shot attempts51
21Faceoffs won30
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
14Hits15
15Blocked shots16
10Giveaways18
4Takeaways3

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. bestCompher – O'Connor – Newhook4:09

    xG 0.19–0.03 (88%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  2. Helm – Aube-Kubel – Jost4:23

    xG 0.05–0.04 (59%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:41

    xG 0.36–0.42 (46%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

  4. Kadri – Burakovsky – Nichushkin10:51

    xG 0.23–0.38 (38%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGirard – Makar3:42

    xG 0.86–0.02 (97%)attempts 10–5goals 2–0

  2. Toews – Makar13:29

    xG 0.40–0.32 (56%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  3. Toews – Girard2:15

    xG 0.06–0.01 (85%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestGlendening – Raffl – Kiviranta10:08

    xG 0.38–0.00 (100%)attempts 12–2goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Kero – Peterson5:39

    xG 0.19–0.05 (78%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson6:55

    xG 0.34–0.39 (47%)attempts 10–10goals 0–1

  4. Pavelski – Benn – Seguin4:05

    xG 0.01–0.11 (12%)attempts 2–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Lindell – Heiskanen2:26

    xG 0.04–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  2. Lindell – Harley4:59

    xG 0.08–0.05 (62%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Hakanpää – Lindell10:23

    xG 0.26–0.29 (48%)attempts 15–6goals 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 1.9 xGCOL 3.2 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 5/100 · #1262 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.60 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 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 73% 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).