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Fri, Apr 19, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Dallas Stars 1, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 56% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0606110122
STL191605220

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 10:10STLChris StewartPPAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Alexander Steen · Wrist, 0.39 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:52STLRyan ReavesGWGAssists: Chris Porter · Backhand, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:37DALStephane RobidasAssists: Aaron Rome, Matt Fraser · Slap, 0.02 xG1–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 9:39DALEric Nystrom: Boarding2 min · PPG
  2. P1 13:17STLAdam Cracknell: Interference2 min
  3. P2 1:13DALCody Eakin: Holding2 min
  4. P2 15:18STLRyan Reaves: Holding the stick2 min
  5. P2 18:19DALJamie Benn: Interference goalkeeper2 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
43% to win57% to win
← DAL attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Fiddler won the faceoff against Sobotka
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSTL
22Shots on goal20
1.9Expected goals1.6
45Shot attempts37
29Faceoffs won26
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
9Hits20
10Blocked shots15
1Giveaways3
3Takeaways5

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. bestCole – Fiddler – Nystrom10:24

    xG 0.60–0.09 (87%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  2. Wandell – Roussel – Fraser7:21

    xG 0.16–0.04 (80%)attempts 7–1goals 1–0

  3. Whitney – Eriksson – Benn12:43

    xG 0.39–0.36 (51%)attempts 11–9goals 0–1

  4. Smith – Eakin – Garbutt7:32

    xG 0.15–0.32 (32%)attempts 3–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Dillon20:53

    xG 0.99–0.44 (69%)attempts 21–13goals 0–1

  2. Robidas – Rome12:18

    xG 0.46–0.38 (54%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  3. Larsen – Benn11:57

    xG 0.12–0.05 (70%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBerglund – Tarasenko – Schwartz10:15

    xG 0.14–0.02 (86%)attempts 6–3goals 0–0

  2. Porter – Cracknell – Reaves7:42

    xG 0.12–0.14 (47%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  3. Steen – Backes – Perron10:55

    xG 0.24–0.43 (36%)attempts 7–10goals 0–1

  4. McDonald – Sobotka – Stewart10:48

    xG 0.18–0.37 (32%)attempts 6–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Leopold – Shattenkirk12:52

    xG 0.24–0.28 (46%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

  2. Jackman – Pietrangelo2:54

    xG 0.03–0.08 (24%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo13:38

    xG 0.41–0.49 (46%)attempts 10–10goals 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 1.6 xGDAL 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 12/100 · #619 of 720 this seasonSwing 0.84 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 56% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +13 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 56% 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).