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Sat, Nov 18, 2023·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 6, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 51% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL07216415638
DAL2711506328

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:33DALTyler SeguinAssists: Mason Marchment, Matt Duchene · Wrist, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P1 14:21DALJoe PavelskiPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Jason Robertson · Wrist, 0.17 xG0–2
  3. P2 2:12DALTyler SeguinAssists: Mason Marchment, Esa Lindell · Backhand, 0.10 xG0–3
  4. P2 13:27COLMiles WoodAssists: Ross Colton, Cale Makar · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–3
  5. P2 17:09COLRyan JohansenPPAssists: Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen · Tip-in, 0.08 xG2–3
  6. P3 4:19COLValeri NichushkinUnassisted · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–3
  7. P3 14:32COLMikko RantanenGWGAssists: Devon Toews, Valeri Nichushkin · Backhand, 0.09 xG4–3
  8. P3 14:43COLAndrew CoglianoAssists: Joel Kiviranta, Samuel Girard · Wrist, 0.08 xG5–3
  9. P3 19:30COLRoss ColtonENAssists: Cale Makar · Snap, 0.43 xG6–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 14:01COLJonathan Drouin: High sticking2 min · PPG
  2. P2 2:27COLLogan O'Connor: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 2:56DALRoope Hintz: Hooking2 min
  4. P2 7:26COLNathan MacKinnon: Holding2 min
  5. P2 8:30COLJoel Kiviranta: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  6. P2 13:27DALMason Marchment: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  7. P2 15:49DALRoope Hintz: High sticking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 1:25DALJamie Benn: 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.

COL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
46% to win54% to win
← COL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Olofsson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
38Shots on goal28
4.0Expected goals4.0
67Shot attempts54
21Faceoffs won32
4Power plays4
8Penalty minutes8
27Hits19
13Blocked shots14
6Giveaways9
1Takeaways8

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. bestMacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen12:24

    xG 1.16–0.42 (73%)attempts 19–10goals 1–0

  2. Wood – Colton – O'Connor8:55

    xG 0.77–0.38 (67%)attempts 10–5goals 1–1

  3. Cogliano – Olofsson – Kiviranta6:39

    xG 0.14–0.11 (57%)attempts 6–4goals 1–0

  4. Tatar – Johansen – Drouin5:38

    xG 0.09–0.60 (13%)attempts 3–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar12:10

    xG 1.04–0.43 (71%)attempts 15–10goals 1–0

  2. Toews – Girard3:24

    xG 0.49–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 2–0

  3. Johnson – Jones8:55

    xG 0.69–0.53 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 1–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dadonov – Johnston8:16

    xG 0.75–0.28 (73%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  2. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment10:30

    xG 0.63–0.35 (64%)attempts 12–6goals 2–1

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson9:57

    xG 0.19–0.74 (20%)attempts 3–14goals 0–1

  4. Smith – Faksa – Steel7:39

    xG 0.05–0.71 (6%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Hakanpää – Lindell12:59

    xG 0.67–0.69 (49%)attempts 12–17goals 1–1

  2. Hanley – Lundkvist11:35

    xG 0.35–0.67 (34%)attempts 6–12goals 0–1

  3. Suter – Heiskanen18:03

    xG 0.68–1.58 (30%)attempts 11–23goals 0–2

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 4.0 xGCOL 4.0 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

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 92/100 · #139 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 9 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +39 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 51% 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).