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Thu, Nov 3, 2016·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 2, Dallas Stars 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 67% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0819113230
DAL0828411627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 6:35DALPatrick EavesAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Deflected, 0.17 xG0–1
  2. P2 11:26STLPaul StastnyAssists: Alex Pietrangelo, Alexander Steen · Backhand, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 11:57DALJohn KlingbergAssists: Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:40DALStephen JohnsGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin, Johnny Oduya · Slap, 0.04 xG1–3
  5. P3 5:36DALJason SpezzaPPAssists: Tyler Seguin, Esa Lindell · Backhand, 0.40 xG1–4
  6. P3 10:27STLAlex PietrangeloAssists: Paul Stastny, Dmitrij Jaskin · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–4
  7. P3 16:30DALJohn KlingbergENAssists: Jamie Benn · Backhand, 0.50 xG2–5
  8. P3 16:47DALJordie BennAssists: Dan Hamhuis, Lauri Korpikoski · Slap, 0.03 xG2–6
Penalties (18)
  1. P1 3:31STLAlexander Steen: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 7:11DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 7:11STLKevin Shattenkirk: Fighting5 min
  4. P2 7:11STLKevin Shattenkirk: Roughing2 min
  5. P2 7:11DALAntoine Roussel: Tripping2 min
  6. P2 8:08DALJamie Benn: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 11:11DALStephen Johns: High sticking2 min
  8. P2 11:11STLJoel Edmundson: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 14:32STLJoel Edmundson: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 14:32DALCurtis McKenzie: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 1:33STLJoel Edmundson: Cross checking2 min
  12. P3 3:40STLJoel Edmundson: Interference2 min · PPG
  13. P3 4:10DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min
  14. P3 4:10DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min
  15. P3 5:30STLKevin Shattenkirk: Tripping2 min
  16. P3 13:41DALJordie Benn: Roughing2 min
  17. P3 13:41STLKyle Brodziak: Roughing2 min
  18. P3 18:56DALDan Hamhuis: Holding2 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
44% to win56% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Berglund won the faceoff against Smith
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
30Shots on goal27
2.1Expected goals3.0
60Shot attempts51
30Faceoffs won40
3Power plays4
24Penalty minutes24
10Hits28
13Blocked shots17
7Giveaways9
2Takeaways6

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. bestStastny – Jaskin – Fabbri11:50

    xG 0.40–0.12 (78%)attempts 14–8goals 1–0

  2. Lehtera – Tarasenko – Schwartz9:29

    xG 0.29–0.33 (46%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  3. Upshall – Brodziak – Yakupov5:20

    xG 0.01–0.09 (13%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Berglund – Perron10:57

    xG 0.21–0.55 (27%)attempts 9–10goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestShattenkirk – Gunnarsson9:25

    xG 0.55–0.01 (97%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Pietrangelo2:31

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  3. Edmundson – Parayko10:30

    xG 0.25–0.23 (53%)attempts 10–8goals 0–1

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Roussel – Faksa4:31

    xG 0.28–0.12 (70%)attempts 7–4goals 0–0

  2. Eaves – Benn – Seguin11:25

    xG 0.42–0.27 (61%)attempts 10–12goals 1–0

  3. Cracknell – McKenzie – Smith5:51

    xG 0.18–0.09 (66%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Korpikoski – Ritchie – Shore2:24

    xG 0.01–0.01 (51%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamhuis – Benn12:24

    xG 0.56–0.31 (65%)attempts 12–9goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Lindell13:30

    xG 0.38–0.28 (58%)attempts 13–12goals 0–1

  3. Oduya – Johns14:06

    xG 0.21–0.62 (25%)attempts 7–18goals 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 3.0 xGSTL 2.1 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 53/100 · #531 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.13 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 67% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

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

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