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Sat, Jan 26, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 4, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 63% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL110312010432
DAL2507111323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 5:31STLWade ReddenAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Vladimir Sobotka · Slap, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P1 5:57DALTomas VincourAssists: Vernon Fiddler, Eric Nystrom · Wrist, 0.22 xG1–1
  3. P1 12:40DALMichael RyderPPAssists: Alex Goligoski, Ray Whitney · Backhand, 0.15 xG1–2
  4. P2 10:51STLDavid PerronAssists: Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–2
  5. P2 16:32STLChris StewartAssists: Patrik Berglund, David Perron · Wrist, 0.11 xG3–2
  6. P2 19:44STLDavid PerronGWGAssists: Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.06 xG4–2
  7. P3 2:24DALRyan GarbuttAssists: Brenden Morrow, Colton Sceviour · Wrist, 0.14 xG4–3
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 11:30STLVladimir Tarasenko: Tripping2 min · PPG
  2. P1 14:48DALReilly Smith: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 17:34DALTomas Vincour: Slashing2 min
  4. P1 19:43STLVladimir Sobotka: Tripping2 min
  5. P2 6:42DALVernon Fiddler: Holding2 min
  6. P3 9:39STLVladimir Sobotka: Holding2 min
  7. P3 19:45STLBarret Jackman: Tripping2 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
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
32Shots on goal23
3.1Expected goals2.3
51Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won33
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits17
14Blocked shots10
8Giveaways16
5Takeaways9

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. bestBackes – Oshie – Perron10:22

    xG 0.64–0.12 (84%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  2. Sobotka – Stewart – Berglund5:54

    xG 0.35–0.02 (96%)attempts 10–1goals 0–0

  3. Stewart – Berglund – Schwartz3:12

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Nichol – Reaves – Schwartz4:00

    xG 0.12–0.18 (41%)attempts 2–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk13:30

    xG 0.77–0.29 (72%)attempts 13–9goals 2–0

  2. Polak – Russell13:40

    xG 0.85–0.45 (66%)attempts 13–7goals 0–1

  3. Redden – Pietrangelo14:23

    xG 0.29–0.46 (39%)attempts 9–16goals 1–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestFiddler – Nystrom – Vincour8:24

    xG 0.46–0.38 (54%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

  2. Morrow – Sceviour – Garbutt4:44

    xG 0.33–0.48 (41%)attempts 3–8goals 1–2

  3. Eriksson – Wandell – Smith8:54

    xG 0.08–0.26 (25%)attempts 4–9goals 0–1

  4. Whitney – Ryder – Eakin13:13

    xG 0.18–0.52 (26%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Goligoski12:59

    xG 0.67–0.61 (52%)attempts 15–11goals 2–0

  2. Benn – Dillon12:06

    xG 0.12–0.15 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  3. Daley – Rome10:11

    xG 0.24–0.74 (24%)attempts 5–10goals 0–2

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 2.3 xGSTL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 79/100 · #161 of 720 this seasonSwing 2.07 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 20% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +24 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 63% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).