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Fri, Feb 16, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 1, Dallas Stars 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 75% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0801219129
DAL031716216

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 2:42DALMattias JanmarkPPAssists: John Klingberg, Martin Hanzal · Deflected, 0.03 xG0–1
  2. P3 10:33DALStephen JohnsGWGAssists: Jamie Benn, Marc Methot · Slap, 0.02 xG0–2
  3. P3 18:46STLBrayden SchennPPAssists: Jaden Schwartz, Vladimir Tarasenko · Tip-in, 0.19 xG1–2
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 5:48DALBrett Ritchie: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 12:23STLJaden Schwartz: Delaying game2 min
  3. P1 17:33DALJason Spezza: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 1:12STLColton Parayko: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P2 4:39DALGreg Pateryn: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 13:03STLPaul Stastny: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 6:52STLVladimir Sobotka: Tripping2 min
  8. P3 15:42DALJohn Klingberg: High sticking2 min
  9. P3 15:42DALJohn Klingberg: High sticking2 min
  10. P3 0:00DALMarc Methot: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 0:00DALMarc Methot: Fighting5 min
  12. P3 0:00STLBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 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
46% to win54% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schenn won the faceoff against Seguin
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
29Shots on goal16
2.2Expected goals1.0
65Shot attempts37
24Faceoffs won28
5Power plays4
13Penalty minutes17
20Hits14
13Blocked shots23
5Giveaways8
3Takeaways7

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 – Schenn – Schwartz8:22

    xG 0.38–0.03 (93%)attempts 14–2goals 0–0

  2. Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz2:37

    xG 0.09–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  3. Thorburn – Upshall – Brodziak3:06

    xG 0.02–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

  4. Steen – Stastny – Tarasenko9:31

    xG 0.09–0.17 (35%)attempts 7–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBortuzzo – Dunn5:55

    xG 0.29–0.12 (72%)attempts 10–2goals 0–0

  2. Pietrangelo – Parayko3:21

    xG 0.18–0.04 (82%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Parayko2:49

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSpezza – Ritchie – Smith4:07

    xG 0.24–0.01 (97%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  2. Hanzal – Shore – Janmark5:27

    xG 0.02–0.01 (61%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  3. Radulov – Benn – Seguin10:04

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 6–11goals 1–0

  4. Spezza – Shore – Janmark3:04

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell11:55

    xG 0.46–0.27 (63%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Johns10:41

    xG 0.03–0.19 (15%)attempts 4–12goals 1–0

  3. Hamhuis – Pateryn15:25

    xG 0.15–0.31 (33%)attempts 7–19goals 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 1.0 xGSTL 2.2 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

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 12/100 · #1121 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.77 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 54% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 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, St. Louis Blues win this game 75% 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).