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Sat, Apr 1, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Dallas Stars 2, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 72% of the time.

COL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL01017111228
COL19211212532

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 8:54COLNathan MacKinnonAssists: Mikko Rantanen · Snap, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:04COLLogan O'ConnorAssists: Andrew Cogliano · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–2
  3. P2 11:54DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 19:47COLNathan MacKinnonPPGWGAssists: Mikko Rantanen, J.T. Compher · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–3
  5. P3 16:52COLValeri NichushkinENAssists: Mikko Rantanen · Tip-in, 0.80 xG1–4
  6. P3 18:44DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–4
  7. P3 19:48COLMikko RantanenENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.49 xG2–5
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 13:27COLBowen Byram: Holding2 min
  2. P1 19:31COLMikko Rantanen: Boarding2 min
  3. P2 3:20DALJani Hakanpää: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 10:04COLJ.T. Compher: Broken stick2 min · PPG
  5. P2 16:02COLJ.T. Compher: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 18:54DALEvgenii Dadonov: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  7. P3 3:41DALJani Hakanpää: Holding2 min
  8. P3 18:15COLBowen Byram: Tripping2 min · PPG

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
28Shots on goal32
2.3Expected goals3.5
50Shot attempts52
23Faceoffs won29
5Power plays3
6Penalty minutes10
32Hits29
13Blocked shots12
5Giveaways4
9Takeaways11

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. bestPavelski – Hintz – Robertson10:13

    xG 0.52–0.36 (59%)attempts 9–9goals 0–0

  2. Glendening – Faksa – Kiviranta7:32

    xG 0.17–0.12 (59%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0

  3. Seguin – Domi – Dellandrea10:00

    xG 0.21–0.22 (49%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Dadonov – Johnston8:25

    xG 0.21–0.63 (25%)attempts 8–12goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestHakanpää – Lindell12:21

    xG 0.68–0.43 (61%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  2. Miller – Hanley6:50

    xG 0.33–0.31 (51%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Lindell3:06

    xG 0.02–0.05 (22%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestMacKinnon – Rantanen – Rodrigues12:28

    xG 0.75–0.62 (55%)attempts 16–10goals 1–0

  2. Eller – Nieto – Malgin7:47

    xG 0.24–0.22 (52%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor3:39

    xG 0.10–0.17 (36%)attempts 1–6goals 1–0

  4. Compher – Nichushkin – Newhook7:42

    xG 0.13–0.38 (25%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar11:47

    xG 0.59–0.19 (76%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Johnson – Johnson8:15

    xG 0.29–0.24 (55%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  3. Girard – Byram14:20

    xG 0.21–0.82 (20%)attempts 10–16goals 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 3.5 xGDAL 2.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 52/100 · #715 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.06 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50COL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 72% 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).