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Fri, Nov 29, 2019·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 3, Dallas Stars 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 80% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL111011218340
DAL05013114132

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:41STLColton ParaykoAssists: Ryan O'Reilly, David Perron · Wrist, 0.02 xG1–0
  2. P3 16:49DALRoope HintzAssists: Blake Comeau, Roman Polak · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:07STLRyan O'ReillyGWGAssists: Ivan Barbashev, Jay Bouwmeester · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:57STLIvan BarbashevENAssists: David Perron, Brayden Schenn · Backhand, 0.64 xG3–1
Penalties (2)
  1. P2 18:38DALJustin Dowling: Tripping2 min
  2. P3 14:40DALRoope Hintz: 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

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0DAL
45% to win55% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Pavelski won the faceoff against O'Reilly
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
40Shots on goal32
5.6Expected goals3.4
75Shot attempts57
27Faceoffs won30
2Power plays0
0Penalty minutes4
20Hits34
17Blocked shots26
16Giveaways17
9Takeaways14

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. bestMacEachern – de la Rose – Walker8:51

    xG 1.11–0.44 (72%)attempts 19–4goals 0–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford12:13

    xG 1.01–0.88 (53%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Schenn – Schwartz – Thomas14:38

    xG 0.36–0.57 (39%)attempts 12–17goals 0–0

  4. Brouwer – Bozak – Barbashev11:19

    xG 0.44–0.92 (32%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPietrangelo – Dunn7:09

    xG 1.54–0.09 (94%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0

  2. Pietrangelo – Pouliot4:59

    xG 0.29–0.05 (86%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Pouliot4:31

    xG 0.13–0.06 (66%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Benn – Seguin7:05

    xG 1.06–0.54 (66%)attempts 11–10goals 0–1

  2. Benn – Dowling – Seguin6:36

    xG 0.56–0.37 (60%)attempts 10–7goals 0–1

  3. Pavelski – Hintz – Gurianov3:30

    xG 0.40–0.24 (62%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

  4. Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa10:08

    xG 0.10–0.06 (62%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Heiskanen14:58

    xG 1.24–0.43 (74%)attempts 20–14goals 0–1

  2. Sekera – Polak12:25

    xG 0.49–0.45 (52%)attempts 5–22goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Heiskanen3:04

    xG 0.05–0.20 (21%)attempts 3–2goals 1–1

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.

DAL 3.4 xGSTL 5.6 xG
0123456P1P2P3EndxG

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 43/100 · #642 of 1082 this seasonSwing 1.41 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +44 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 80% 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).