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Sat, Nov 27, 2010·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Dallas Stars 2, St. Louis Blues 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 73% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0401227223
STL01311409136

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 18:49STLB.J. CrombeenAssists: Patrik Berglund, Brad Winchester · Wrist, 0.25 xG0–1
  2. P3 1:05DALJamie BennAssists: Mike Ribeiro, Brenden Morrow · Snap, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P3 5:30DALLoui ErikssonPPGWGAssists: Brad Richards, Stephane Robidas · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 5:32STLVladimir Sobotka: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 5:32STLCam Janssen: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 5:32DALBrian Sutherby: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 5:32DALBrian Sutherby: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 11:31DALMatt Niskanen: Hooking2 min
  6. P1 13:51STLB.J. Crombeen: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 4:05STLMatt D'Agostini: Interference2 min
  8. P2 12:41DALBrad Richards: Interference2 min
  9. P3 4:01STLAlexander Steen: Elbowing2 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 SOG0STL
47% to win53% to win
← DAL attackSTL 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.

DALSTL
23Shots on goal36
1.5Expected goals2.8
30Shot attempts68
23Faceoffs won32
3Power plays2
11Penalty minutes13
17Hits29
17Blocked shots5
2Giveaways6
3Takeaways6

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. Petersen – Sutherby – Wandell3:56

    xG 0.20–0.16 (56%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  2. Ott – Segal – Burish8:37

    xG 0.27–0.36 (43%)attempts 2–12goals 0–0

  3. Richards – Eriksson – Neal11:19

    xG 0.11–0.39 (22%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Ribeiro – Benn10:44

    xG 0.13–0.99 (12%)attempts 4–13goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. Robidas – Grossmann17:41

    xG 0.23–0.47 (33%)attempts 6–15goals 1–0

  2. Woywitka – Daley13:09

    xG 0.18–0.45 (28%)attempts 5–17goals 0–0

  3. Skrastins – Niskanen12:06

    xG 0.43–0.81 (35%)attempts 5–16goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestWinchester – Crombeen – Berglund8:08

    xG 0.67–0.02 (98%)attempts 13–1goals 1–0

  2. McDonald – Boyes – Backes14:05

    xG 0.60–0.30 (67%)attempts 16–5goals 0–0

  3. McClement – Steen – D'Agostini10:03

    xG 0.27–0.21 (57%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  4. Janssen – Porter – Sobotka2:22

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Pietrangelo15:23

    xG 0.87–0.12 (88%)attempts 24–3goals 0–0

  2. Brewer – Johnson17:05

    xG 0.71–0.45 (61%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  3. Colaiacovo – Pietrangelo4:55

    xG 0.21–0.07 (76%)attempts 8–2goals 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.

STL 2.8 xGDAL 1.5 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

STLDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

STL's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line STL is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #750 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.26 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 23% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +31 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 73% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

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

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