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Mon, Jan 16, 2012·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Dallas Stars 0, St. Louis Blues 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 70% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL080806022
STL07011114132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P3 11:26STLT.J. OshieGWGAssists: David Perron, Alex Pietrangelo · Wrist, 0.20 xG0–1
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 1:59DALAlex Goligoski: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 15:38STLT.J. Oshie: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:36DALVernon Fiddler: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 18:36STLChris Stewart: Roughing2 min
  5. P1 0:00DALSteve Ott: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 7:25STLScott Nichol: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 7:25STLScott Nichol: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 7:25DALJake Dowell: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 13:26DALMark Fistric: Tripping2 min
  10. P2 14:17STLMatt D'Agostini: Interference2 min
  11. P3 6:02DALLoui Eriksson: 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.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0STL
45% to win55% to win
← DAL attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Wandell won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSTL
22Shots on goal32
2.1Expected goals3.1
53Shot attempts61
22Faceoffs won36
3Power plays4
15Penalty minutes13
19Hits23
12Blocked shots19
5Giveaways4
5Takeaways8

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. bestRyder – Fiddler – Nystrom10:24

    xG 0.37–0.19 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Ott – Burish8:09

    xG 0.14–0.20 (42%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Petersen – Wathier – Dowell5:03

    xG 0.06–0.12 (32%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Eriksson – Wandell7:14

    xG 0.10–0.33 (24%)attempts 3–10goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Daley – Goligoski2:19

    xG 0.05–0.06 (49%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  2. Souray – Robidas10:55

    xG 0.21–0.23 (48%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Fistric – Goligoski12:40

    xG 0.28–0.38 (42%)attempts 13–11goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBackes – Oshie – Perron5:31

    xG 0.37–0.05 (87%)attempts 7–4goals 1–0

  2. Nichol – Crombeen – Reaves4:28

    xG 0.34–0.08 (82%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  3. Arnott – Langenbrunner – Sobotka8:42

    xG 0.24–0.04 (86%)attempts 11–2goals 0–0

  4. Oshie – D'Agostini – Berglund5:01

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Cole10:18

    xG 0.45–0.10 (81%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Jackman – Shattenkirk13:07

    xG 0.29–0.08 (78%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

  3. Colaiacovo – Pietrangelo13:01

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 15–14goals 1–0

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 3.1 xGDAL 2.1 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 11/100 · #1065 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.92 · 1 goal in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 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 70% 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).