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Sat, Mar 3, 2018·American Airlines Center, Dallas

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

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 62% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL0911511300237
DAL0611411113334

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 7:04DALTyler PitlickAssists: Antoine Roussel · Snap, 0.10 xG0–1
  2. P2 13:06STLIvan BarbashevAssists: Vince Dunn, Vladimir Tarasenko · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 12:43STLJaden SchwartzAssists: Colton Parayko · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P3 17:04DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn · Tip-in, 0.27 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:04DALJamie BennGWGAssists: Tyler Seguin · Wrist, 0.10 xG2–3
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 0:11STLChris Thorburn: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:11DALAntoine Roussel: Instigator2 min
  3. P1 0:11DALAntoine Roussel: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 0:11STLChris Thorburn: Misconduct10 min
  5. P1 0:11DALAntoine Roussel: Misconduct10 min
  6. P1 1:51DALEsa Lindell: Delaying game2 min
  7. P1 5:02DALBrett Ritchie: Interference2 min
  8. P1 5:02STLPatrik Berglund: Slashing2 min
  9. P2 2:26DALMattias Janmark: Hooking2 min
  10. P2 13:59STLScottie Upshall: High sticking2 min
  11. P3 6:38DALGreg Pateryn: Roughing2 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 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Brodziak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
37Shots on goal34
2.9Expected goals3.6
59Shot attempts61
33Faceoffs won36
4Power plays1
19Penalty minutes25
23Hits30
13Blocked shots13
14Giveaways13
3Takeaways5

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. bestSchenn – Schwartz – Jaskin9:59

    xG 1.01–0.38 (73%)attempts 17–9goals 1–1

  2. Sobotka – Berglund – Thompson4:23

    xG 0.14–0.00 (100%)attempts 7–0goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz2:39

    xG 0.18–0.04 (82%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  4. Brodziak – Sobotka – Berglund3:21

    xG 0.21–0.20 (52%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Dunn5:26

    xG 0.71–0.46 (61%)attempts 13–4goals 1–1

  2. Parayko – Dunn4:07

    xG 0.18–0.03 (85%)attempts 7–5goals 1–0

  3. Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo4:20

    xG 0.21–0.16 (57%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestBenn – Seguin – Ritchie2:12

    xG 0.42–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Radulov – Benn – Seguin2:34

    xG 0.54–0.14 (80%)attempts 8–3goals 1–0

  3. Radulov – Shore – Janmark13:13

    xG 0.67–0.36 (65%)attempts 12–8goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Benn – Seguin9:16

    xG 0.39–0.47 (46%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell18:05

    xG 1.47–0.95 (61%)attempts 18–24goals 1–0

  2. Hamhuis – Pateryn11:52

    xG 0.82–0.80 (51%)attempts 17–12goals 0–1

  3. Methot – Johns11:28

    xG 0.25–0.48 (34%)attempts 10–10goals 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 3.6 xGSTL 2.9 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

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 75/100 · #335 of 1271 this seasonSwing 2.05 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 10% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 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, Dallas Stars win this game 62% 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).