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Sun, Dec 29, 2013·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 3, Dallas Stars 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 68% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL161100412322
DAL082130801230

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:41STLJaden SchwartzPPAssists: Vladimir Sobotka, T.J. Oshie · Snap, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:12STLT.J. OshieUnassisted · Wrist, 0.08 xG2–0
  3. P2 8:13DALJamie BennPPAssists: Ray Whitney, Erik Cole · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–1
  4. P2 11:31DALRyan GarbuttAssists: Aaron Rome, Jordie Benn · Wrist, 0.01 xG2–2
  5. OT 4:49STLKevin ShattenkirkPPGWGAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Vladimir Sobotka · Slap, 0.09 xG3–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 0:53DALRyan Garbutt: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min · PPG
  2. P1 6:43STLDmitrij Jaskin: Hooking2 min
  3. P1 18:29STLVladimir Sobotka: Interference2 min
  4. P2 8:08STLPatrik Berglund: High sticking2 min · PPG
  5. P2 9:01STLVladimir Sobotka: Tripping2 min
  6. OT 1:11STLT.J. Oshie: Slashing2 min
  7. OT 4:24DALKevin Connauton: Tripping2 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
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Eakin won the faceoff against Berglund
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
22Shots on goal30
2.0Expected goals3.1
46Shot attempts73
30Faceoffs won37
2Power plays5
10Penalty minutes4
22Hits27
25Blocked shots14
3Giveaways19
9Takeaways14

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. bestBerglund – Paajarvi – Tarasenko9:45

    xG 0.47–0.20 (70%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

  2. Oshie – Sobotka – Schwartz14:22

    xG 0.39–0.22 (64%)attempts 14–11goals 1–0

  3. Roy – Stewart – Jaskin4:12

    xG 0.14–0.06 (69%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Morrow – Lapierre – Porter4:17

    xG 0.05–0.07 (40%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJackman – Shattenkirk15:58

    xG 0.58–0.41 (58%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo17:20

    xG 0.62–0.67 (48%)attempts 15–13goals 0–1

  3. Colaiacovo – Cole13:51

    xG 0.12–0.67 (15%)attempts 4–22goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestCole – Peverley – Chiasson10:03

    xG 0.45–0.14 (76%)attempts 13–6goals 0–0

  2. Roussel – Eakin – Garbutt9:51

    xG 0.44–0.24 (65%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Whitney – Horcoff – Fiddler8:34

    xG 0.30–0.18 (62%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Nichushkin12:31

    xG 0.40–0.45 (47%)attempts 10–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGoligoski – Dillon18:01

    xG 0.73–0.16 (82%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  2. Rome – Dillon2:13

    xG 0.16–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Rome – Benn14:14

    xG 0.43–0.38 (53%)attempts 11–8goals 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.

DAL 3.1 xGSTL 2.0 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 61/100 · #430 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 5 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +21 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 68% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

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

-7
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-1
0
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+7

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