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Sun, Mar 3, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 55% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL16010010126
DAL25011211427

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:20STLDavid PerronAssists: David Backes, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.27 xG1–0
  2. P1 15:59DALErik ColeAssists: Antoine Roussel, Derek Roy · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–1
  3. P1 18:20DALDerek RoyGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 10:28DALLoui ErikssonAssists: Jordie Benn, Cody Eakin · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–3
  5. P3 19:00DALJaromir JagrPPAssists: Derek Roy, Loui Eriksson · Snap, 0.26 xG1–4
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 4:20DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 4:20STLChris Stewart: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 13:11STLScott Nichol: Holding2 min
  4. P2 1:54DALBrenden Morrow: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 6:26STLVladimir Sobotka: Holding2 min
  6. P3 17:56STLDavid Perron: Hooking2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
43% to win57% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Benn won the faceoff against Backes
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
26Shots on goal27
3.0Expected goals2.6
61Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won31
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
38Hits45
15Blocked shots20
9Giveaways7
6Takeaways6

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. bestPorter – Cracknell – Sobotka4:05

    xG 0.55–0.01 (98%)attempts 7–2goals 0–0

  2. Nichol – Cracknell – Reaves4:07

    xG 0.52–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–1goals 0–0

  3. Backes – Oshie – Schwartz12:07

    xG 0.93–0.68 (58%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  4. Stewart – Berglund – Perron8:17

    xG 0.13–0.42 (23%)attempts 5–8goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRedden – Shattenkirk11:19

    xG 0.85–0.39 (69%)attempts 14–7goals 1–1

  2. Jackman – Pietrangelo13:15

    xG 0.82–0.46 (64%)attempts 8–15goals 0–0

  3. Polak – Russell12:56

    xG 0.74–0.50 (60%)attempts 11–11goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Roy – Roussel9:18

    xG 0.41–0.23 (64%)attempts 7–12goals 1–0

  2. Fiddler – Nystrom – Garbutt8:18

    xG 0.09–0.02 (81%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Morrow – Smith – Eakin8:23

    xG 0.54–0.54 (50%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  4. Jagr – Eriksson – Benn12:57

    xG 0.44–0.66 (40%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestDaley – Benn12:09

    xG 0.70–0.06 (92%)attempts 19–6goals 3–0

  2. Benn – Oleksiak2:02

    xG 0.04–0.01 (75%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  3. Goligoski – Oleksiak12:40

    xG 0.57–0.76 (43%)attempts 11–13goals 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 2.6 xGSTL 3.0 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 33/100 · #514 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.10 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 35% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 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 55% 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).