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Mon, Nov 28, 2016·Scottrade Center, St. Louis

Dallas Stars 3, St. Louis Blues 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 83% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
DAL04162902321
STL191121812431

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:36STLRobby FabbriAssists: Robert Bortuzzo, Jori Lehtera · Wrist, 0.11 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:17STLAlex PietrangeloPPAssists: Patrik Berglund, Colton Parayko · Backhand, 0.35 xG0–2
  3. P2 16:21DALJamie OleksiakAssists: Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P3 1:47DALJamie BennPPAssists: Julius Honka, Jason Spezza · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P3 13:12STLDavid PerronAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.09 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:10DALJamie OleksiakAssists: Julius Honka, Jamie Benn · Slap, 0.01 xG3–3
  7. OT 3:24STLVladimir TarasenkoGWGAssists: Jori Lehtera, Kevin Shattenkirk · Wrist, 0.17 xG3–4
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 17:19DALJohn Klingberg: Tripping2 min
  2. P2 2:52DALEsa Lindell: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:45STLDavid Perron: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P2 13:29STLJay Bouwmeester: Interference2 min
  5. P3 1:32STLRobby Fabbri: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P3 4:34DALJason Spezza: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 7:03DALBrett Ritchie: Tripping2 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
44% to win56% to win
← DAL attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Berglund won the faceoff against Faksa
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSTL
21Shots on goal31
0.9Expected goals2.6
44Shot attempts61
32Faceoffs won29
3Power plays4
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits22
19Blocked shots16
4Giveaways3
7Takeaways8

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. bestSpezza – Eaves – Korpikoski2:41

    xG 0.12–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  2. Eaves – Roussel – Seguin5:28

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Ritchie – Faksa6:10

    xG 0.05–0.01 (90%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  4. Sharp – Benn – Seguin4:14

    xG 0.12–0.08 (60%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Oleksiak2:31

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

  2. Oleksiak – Honka2:44

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 1–0

  3. Benn – Oleksiak10:26

    xG 0.02–0.19 (11%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestLehtera – Tarasenko – Fabbri11:30

    xG 0.38–0.11 (78%)attempts 12–6goals 1–0

  2. Upshall – Brodziak – Reaves6:43

    xG 0.16–0.08 (68%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  3. Berglund – Rattie – Jaskin5:41

    xG 0.08–0.02 (77%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Stastny – Perron – Schwartz13:26

    xG 0.24–0.27 (47%)attempts 13–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Parayko12:57

    xG 0.34–0.14 (71%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  2. Shattenkirk – Gunnarsson11:49

    xG 0.32–0.14 (69%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

  3. Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo18:24

    xG 0.34–0.27 (55%)attempts 10–15goals 0–1

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 2.6 xGDAL 0.9 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 94/100 · #62 of 1230 this seasonSwing 2.50 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 52% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +46 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 83% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

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

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