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Fri, Nov 29, 2024·American Airlines Center, Dallas

Colorado Avalanche 3, Dallas Stars 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsCOL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
COL11407211332
DAL2821115524

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:36DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Mason Marchment, Matt Duchene · Snap, 0.09 xG0–1
  2. P1 13:56COLValeri NichushkinPPAssists: Mikko Rantanen, Cale Makar · Backhand, 0.26 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:28DALMason MarchmentAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Tyler Seguin · Snap, 0.28 xG1–2
  4. P2 7:07DALJamie BennAssists: Miro Heiskanen, Sam Steel · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–3
  5. P2 18:42DALRoope HintzPPGWGAssists: Wyatt Johnston, Jamie Benn · Snap, 0.26 xG1–4
  6. P3 1:02COLArtturi LehkonenAssists: Nathan MacKinnon, Samuel Girard · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–4
  7. P3 8:03COLMikko RantanenAssists: Cale Makar · Snap, 0.07 xG3–4
  8. P3 17:17DALMason MarchmentENUnassisted · Wrist, 0.49 xG3–5
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 3:49COLNikolai Kovalenko: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:07DALWyatt Johnston: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P1 15:17COLIvan Ivan: Too many men on the ice2 min
  4. P1 17:53DALColin Blackwell: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 11:36COLIvan Ivan: High sticking2 min
  6. P2 11:57DALJamie Benn: Hooking2 min
  7. P2 15:04DALAlexander Petrovic: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 18:09COLDevon Toews: High sticking2 min · PPG
  9. P3 8:53DALJamie 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← COL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Seguin won the faceoff against Kelly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

COLDAL
32Shots on goal24
4.2Expected goals3.0
61Shot attempts54
31Faceoffs won42
5Power plays4
8Penalty minutes10
20Hits20
19Blocked shots14
9Giveaways11
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.

Colorado Avalanche

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Connor – Kiviranta – Ivan4:19

    xG 0.43–0.14 (75%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen2:11

    xG 0.25–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen2:38

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  4. Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin8:16

    xG 0.45–0.39 (54%)attempts 9–6goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestToews – Makar11:42

    xG 1.24–0.08 (94%)attempts 17–6goals 1–0

  2. Girard – Malinski5:11

    xG 0.32–0.11 (75%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  3. de Haan – Malinski5:48

    xG 0.17–0.11 (59%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Dadonov – Steel10:26

    xG 0.50–0.14 (78%)attempts 6–8goals 1–0

  2. Blackwell – Bäck – Bourque6:37

    xG 0.02–0.02 (49%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Duchene – Seguin – Marchment10:55

    xG 0.58–0.68 (46%)attempts 11–13goals 1–0

  4. Hintz – Robertson – Johnston10:02

    xG 0.30–0.90 (25%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Heiskanen – Harley3:16

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  2. Petrovic – Heiskanen2:16

    xG 0.04–0.07 (38%)attempts 4–2goals 0–1

  3. Lindell – Harley2:55

    xG 0.00–0.03 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 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 3.0 xGCOL 4.2 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 76/100 · #296 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.27 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
COL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 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 68% 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).