Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars — March 6, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Dallas Stars 5-4 in a shootout on March 6, 2026. Despite the result, the Dallas Stars held the edge in expected goals (7.27 to 3.99) at 5-on-5, indicating the Colorado Avalanche received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Dallas Stars created 8 high-danger scoring chances compared to 5 from the Colorado Avalanche at 5-on-5. Martin Necas scored 2 goals. Valeri Nichushkin scored 2 goals. Justin Hryckowian was the most dangerous skater with 1.01 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Colorado Avalanche outshot the Dallas Stars 31-23 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars progressed on Mar 6, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

COL5 - 4DAL (SO)

Mar 6, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
DAL	P1	20	17	54.1	16	14	53.3	10	11	47.6	15	9	62.5	4	2	66.7	4.37	3.08	58.7	3	2	60.0
	P2	13	21	38.2	9	13	40.9	6	9	40.0	10	17	37.0	2	3	40.0	2.35	1.91	55.1	1	1	50.0
	P3	12	17	41.4	9	11	45.0	3	7	30.0	10	12	45.5	4	4	50.0	3.05	2.24	57.7	0	1	0.0
	OT	4	3	57.1	3	2	60.0	2	2	50.0	4	3	57.1	0	1	0.0	0.87	0.55	61.0	0	0	—
	SO	2	2	50.0	2	2	50.0	2	2	50.0	2	0	100.0	2	0	100.0	1.03	0.12	89.6	0	2	0.0
	Total	51	60	45.9	39	42	48.1	23	31	42.6	41	41	50.0	12	10	54.5	11.67	7.90	59.6	4	6	40.0
COL	P1	17	20	45.9	14	16	46.7	11	10	52.4	9	15	37.5	2	4	33.3	3.08	4.37	41.3	2	3	40.0
	P2	21	13	61.8	13	9	59.1	9	6	60.0	17	10	63.0	3	2	60.0	1.91	2.35	44.9	1	1	50.0
	P3	17	12	58.6	11	9	55.0	7	3	70.0	12	10	54.5	4	4	50.0	2.24	3.05	42.3	1	0	100.0
	OT	3	4	42.9	2	3	40.0	2	2	50.0	3	4	42.9	1	0	100.0	0.55	0.87	39.0	0	0	—
	SO	2	2	50.0	2	2	50.0	2	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0	0.12	1.03	10.4	2	0	100.0
	Total	60	51	54.1	42	39	51.9	31	23	57.4	41	41	50.0	10	12	45.5	7.90	11.67	40.4	6	4	60.0

Win Probability

DAL Favored

COL Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

DAL

COL

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

COL Attempts

DAL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

COL ShootDAL Shoot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (DAL) performed against every skater on the away team (COL) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = DAL players, Columns = COL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the DAL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

DAL ↓ / COL →	MacKinnon	Necas	Nelson	Kelly	Drury	Colton	Roy	Brindley	Bardakov	Landeskog	Kiviranta	Nichushkin	Makar	Toews	Burns	Manson	Kulak	Malinski
Johnston	27	30	43	83	80	50	—	40	100	35	50	44	41	54	50	29	100	100
Duchene	50	43	54	68	57	40	73	100	60	50	60	63	63	78	57	45	88	86
Steel	50	43	25	62	40	29	83	75	50	43	60	43	25	50	30	44	86	88
Hryckowian	90	80	50	60	0	44	100	50	0	80	100	50	78	79	38	50	67	67
Bourque	67	83	43	33	0	50	100	0	0	71	60	44	80	89	13	22	63	63
Hintz	17	17	43	50	80	67	0	100	100	22	60	33	38	46	50	33	80	75
Blackwell	33	29	0	0	50	0	0	33	50	50	50	0	50	50	0	33	0	0
Bäck	36	30	0	100	100	33	—	—	100	33	100	50	38	80	0	50	100	50
Robertson	32	35	67	63	88	50	33	63	83	41	50	40	54	59	46	25	86	80
Benn	40	33	45	60	57	25	70	100	50	40	43	50	50	71	50	33	85	82
Erne	50	50	44	—	—	44	—	—	100	50	—	38	100	75	17	25	67	33
Bastian	0	0	50	50	100	50	50	100	100	0	67	0	100	100	0	50	67	40
Heiskanen	36	34	31	56	80	—	0	100	86	40	60	43	49	65	63	50	100	100
Lindell	36	34	0	25	71	—	0	100	83	38	33	0	44	58	0	0	100	100
Harley	43	38	47	17	20	41	67	33	40	50	67	36	40	60	21	27	67	64
Lundkvist	33	33	46	0	20	50	67	100	25	33	60	45	50	83	25	30	60	45
Bichsel	22	20	29	73	67	25	80	50	75	20	50	33	0	25	17	33	85	73
Lyubushkin	29	25	20	67	50	20	73	63	50	33	44	50	0	0	20	22	83	83