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Sat, Oct 16, 2010·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 2, Dallas Stars 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 72% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
STL211016014021243
DAL181805043325

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:11STLPatrik BerglundAssists: Brad Boyes, Alex Pietrangelo · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:48STLAndy McDonaldPPAssists: David Backes, T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.29 xG2–0
  3. P1 18:00DALJames NealAssists: Loui Eriksson, Brad Richards · Slap, 0.12 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:43DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Brad Richards, James Neal · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. DAL Brad Richards scored
  2. 2. STL T.J. Oshie stopped
  3. 3. DAL Loui Eriksson scored
  4. 4. STL Brad Boyes scored
  5. 5. DAL Mike Ribeiro scored
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 2:07DALKarlis Skrastins: Hooking2 min · PPG
  2. P1 8:16STLDavid Perron: Holding2 min
  3. P2 6:48DALMark Fistric: Delaying game2 min
  4. P2 15:21STLB.J. Crombeen: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 16:59STLTyson Strachan: Delaying game2 min
  6. P3 4:09DALKrys Barch: Slashing2 min
  7. P3 5:02DALNicklas Grossmann: Delaying game2 min
  8. P3 7:29DALNicklas Grossmann: High sticking double minor4 min
  9. P3 9:19STLT.J. Oshie: Interference2 min
  10. OT 4:44STLDavid Backes: Slashing2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
47% to win53% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00McClement won the faceoff against Ribeiro
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
43Shots on goal25
3.7Expected goals2.4
72Shot attempts42
22Faceoffs won34
6Power plays4
10Penalty minutes12
28Hits49
10Blocked shots17
5Giveaways11
5Takeaways6

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestMcDonald – Boyes – Berglund8:58

    xG 1.03–0.35 (75%)attempts 21–3goals 1–1

  2. Backes – Oshie – Perron8:48

    xG 0.70–0.12 (85%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Steen – D'Agostini2:34

    xG 0.06–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. McClement – Steen – Crombeen5:59

    xG 0.07–0.04 (64%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestColaiacovo – Pietrangelo5:41

    xG 0.24–0.05 (84%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  2. Jackman – Johnson12:50

    xG 0.42–0.24 (64%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  3. Brewer – Polak15:10

    xG 0.97–0.87 (53%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRichards – Eriksson – Neal12:22

    xG 0.74–0.59 (56%)attempts 7–12goals 2–0

  2. Petersen – Ott – Sutherby5:42

    xG 0.02–0.08 (21%)attempts 2–2goals 0–1

  3. Morrow – Ribeiro – Burish10:52

    xG 0.44–0.60 (43%)attempts 6–18goals 0–0

  4. Barch – Segal – Wandell4:09

    xG 0.04–0.36 (10%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Skrastins – Niskanen10:53

    xG 0.38–0.37 (51%)attempts 7–12goals 2–1

  2. Daley – Fistric12:33

    xG 0.61–0.68 (48%)attempts 6–16goals 0–0

  3. Robidas – Grossmann12:31

    xG 0.25–0.75 (25%)attempts 6–11goals 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 2.4 xGSTL 3.7 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

DALSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 70/100 · #342 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.67 · 4 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 16% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +27 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 72% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

Simulated goal difference (DAL − STL), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).