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Sat, Nov 26, 2022·Ball Arena, Denver

Dallas Stars 1, Colorado Avalanche 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 58% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01612006142
COL210110116436

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:05COLNathan MacKinnonPPUnassisted · Wrist, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:51COLJosh MansonGWGAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen · Backhand, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 8:13DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:43COLDryden HuntAssists: Alex Newhook, Martin Kaut · Backhand, 0.16 xG1–3
  5. P3 7:01COLAndrew CoglianoAssists: Logan O'Connor, Josh Manson · Deflected, 0.20 xG1–4
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 0:37DALNils Lundkvist: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 0:50COLJosh Manson: Interference2 min
  3. P2 7:42COLJosh Manson: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. P2 12:10COLNathan MacKinnon: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 14:10COLMartin Kaut: Too many men on the ice2 min
  6. P2 16:31COLJosh Manson: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 0:44DALRyan Suter: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 4:20DALMason Marchment: Too many men on the ice2 min
  9. P3 18:40DALLuke Glendening: Instigator2 min
  10. P3 18:40DALLuke Glendening: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 18:40COLJacob MacDonald: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 18:40DALLuke Glendening: Misconduct10 min
  13. P3 18:40DALLuke Glendening: Game misconduct10 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
49% to win51% to win
← DAL attackCOL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hintz won the faceoff against MacKinnon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCOL
42Shots on goal36
3.1Expected goals2.7
61Shot attempts50
48Faceoffs won28
5Power plays4
33Penalty minutes15
33Hits36
10Blocked shots13
8Giveaways4
2Takeaways5

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. bestGlendening – Faksa – Kiviranta7:20

    xG 0.26–0.11 (71%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Benn – Dellandrea – Johnston6:42

    xG 0.21–0.19 (52%)attempts 8–4goals 0–1

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:29

    xG 0.17–0.24 (41%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Seguin – Gurianov – Marchment11:49

    xG 0.29–0.38 (43%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLindell – Lundkvist2:02

    xG 0.18–0.03 (85%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  2. Miller – Heiskanen12:00

    xG 0.33–0.26 (56%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Suter – Lundkvist7:34

    xG 0.33–0.54 (38%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestHunt – Kaut – Newhook5:38

    xG 0.34–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–1goals 1–0

  2. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen12:22

    xG 0.55–0.50 (53%)attempts 11–14goals 1–0

  3. Cogliano – Compher – O'Connor7:53

    xG 0.15–0.13 (53%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Megna – Blidh – Ranta3:01

    xG 0.06–0.09 (39%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJohnson – MacDonald7:23

    xG 0.32–0.08 (79%)attempts 3–5goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Makar11:19

    xG 0.31–0.09 (77%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  3. Johnson – Girard3:00

    xG 0.22–0.01 (96%)attempts 5–1goals 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 2.7 xGDAL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 27/100 · #1027 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 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 58% 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).