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Fri, Apr 11, 2014·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 0, Dallas Stars 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 86% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL090607022
DAL01022119340

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:52DALTrevor DaleyGWGAssists: Jamie Benn · Backhand, 0.12 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:58DALTyler SeguinPPAssists: Jamie Benn, Trevor Daley · Snap, 0.11 xG0–2
  3. P3 4:27DALRyan GarbuttAssists: Alex Goligoski, Vernon Fiddler · Slap, 0.02 xG0–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 4:20STLKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 13:39STLRoman Polak: Holding2 min
  3. P1 19:15STLSteve Ott: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 19:15DALAntoine Roussel: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 11:48STLDmitrij Jaskin: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 13:05STLJaden Schwartz: Closing hand on puck2 min
  7. P2 19:16STLBarret Jackman: Delaying game2 min
  8. P3 8:48DALTyler Seguin: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 12:26STLSteve Ott: Roughing2 min
  10. P3 12:26DALVernon Fiddler: Roughing2 min
  11. P3 15:50DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 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

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Steen won the faceoff against Eakin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
22Shots on goal40
1.8Expected goals4.3
45Shot attempts75
31Faceoffs won29
2Power plays5
14Penalty minutes8
39Hits25
15Blocked shots12
5Giveaways11
4Takeaways10

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 – Rattie – Jaskin5:36

    xG 0.46–0.16 (75%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  2. Lapierre – Porter – Reaves4:39

    xG 0.15–0.09 (62%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  3. Cracknell – Berglund – Schwartz2:04

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–1goals 0–0

  4. Ott – Steen – Schwartz5:09

    xG 0.08–0.16 (34%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestColaiacovo – Polak10:54

    xG 0.54–0.35 (61%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  2. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo9:30

    xG 0.18–0.40 (30%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0

  3. Jackman – Shattenkirk10:10

    xG 0.14–0.43 (24%)attempts 3–13goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Nichushkin9:12

    xG 1.32–0.08 (94%)attempts 16–9goals 1–0

  2. Benn – Chiasson – Seguin2:32

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Fiddler – Sceviour6:42

    xG 0.30–0.19 (62%)attempts 7–3goals 0–0

  4. Cole – Jeffrey – Chiasson3:26

    xG 0.01–0.14 (5%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGonchar – Nemeth8:30

    xG 0.86–0.14 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Daley – Goligoski15:47

    xG 0.93–0.57 (62%)attempts 15–16goals 2–0

  3. Gonchar – Benn5:47

    xG 0.37–0.18 (67%)attempts 13–3goals 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 4.3 xGSTL 1.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 3/100 · #1141 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.56 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 86% 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).