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Sat, Nov 23, 2013·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Dallas Stars 1, St. Louis Blues 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL112010013135
STL2411239625

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 1:39STLVladimir SobotkaAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, T.J. Oshie · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–1
  2. P1 10:53DALBrenden DillonAssists: Rich Peverley, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–1
  3. P1 11:02STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Jaden Schwartz · Wrist, 0.09 xG1–2
  4. P2 6:56STLDavid BackesUnassisted · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 0:50STLDerek RoyPPAssists: Alexander Steen, Kevin Shattenkirk · Deflected, 0.11 xG1–4
  6. P3 5:39STLChris StewartAssists: Brenden Morrow, Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.05 xG1–5
  7. P3 11:02STLT.J. OshieAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Patrik Berglund · Deflected, 0.10 xG1–6
Penalties (10)
  1. P1 8:11STLRoman Polak: Holding2 min
  2. P1 11:27STLVladimir Sobotka: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 11:27DALRich Peverley: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 12:09STLRyan Reaves: Fighting5 min
  5. P1 12:09DALBrenden Dillon: Fighting5 min
  6. P1 14:17DALSergei Gonchar: Holding2 min
  7. P1 19:51DALVernon Fiddler: Delaying game face off violation2 min
  8. P2 8:50STLDavid Backes: Cross checking2 min
  9. P3 0:40DALAntoine Roussel: Holding2 min · PPG
  10. P3 1:54STLChris Stewart: Cross checking2 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
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lapierre won the faceoff against Fiddler
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSTL
35Shots on goal25
2.4Expected goals2.4
62Shot attempts45
32Faceoffs won35
3Power plays3
16Penalty minutes16
16Hits19
8Blocked shots12
4Giveaways2
5Takeaways7

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. bestFiddler – Peverley – Roussel4:46

    xG 0.13–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Horcoff – Jeffrey – Garbutt3:07

    xG 0.16–0.06 (74%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Fiddler – Roussel – Garbutt4:45

    xG 0.12–0.06 (66%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  4. Horcoff – Jeffrey – Nichushkin6:09

    xG 0.12–0.14 (46%)attempts 5–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobidas – Dillon12:36

    xG 0.34–0.19 (64%)attempts 12–5goals 1–1

  2. Daley – Goligoski17:04

    xG 0.16–0.27 (38%)attempts 11–13goals 0–1

  3. Gonchar – Benn13:15

    xG 0.47–0.85 (36%)attempts 16–14goals 0–3

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSobotka – Tarasenko – Schwartz6:57

    xG 0.33–0.05 (86%)attempts 5–6goals 2–0

  2. Morrow – Lapierre – Reaves2:27

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

  3. Roy – Stewart – Berglund9:24

    xG 0.06–0.15 (28%)attempts 3–8goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Backes – Oshie12:21

    xG 0.31–0.43 (42%)attempts 12–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo15:26

    xG 0.60–0.55 (52%)attempts 20–16goals 2–1

  2. Polak – Cole15:38

    xG 0.39–0.36 (52%)attempts 10–16goals 1–0

  3. Jackman – Shattenkirk14:17

    xG 0.22–0.61 (27%)attempts 5–17goals 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 2.4 xGDAL 2.4 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3EndxG

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 28/100 · #821 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50STL 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, Dallas Stars win this game 51% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).