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Sat, Nov 20, 2021·American Airlines Center, Dallas

St. Louis Blues 1, Dallas Stars 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 83% of the time.

DAL winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL011112013136
DAL01321624433

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:16DALRyan SuterPPAssists: Denis Gurianov, Jamie Benn · Wrist, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 10:39DALRoope HintzSHGWGAssists: Michael Raffl, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.20 xG0–2
  3. P2 12:19STLBrandon SaadPPAssists: David Perron, Torey Krug · Wrist, 0.35 xG1–2
  4. P3 3:55DALRoope HintzSHAssists: Michael Raffl · Snap, 0.32 xG1–3
  5. P3 18:31DALJamie BennENAssists: Joe Pavelski, Esa Lindell · Backhand, 0.69 xG1–4
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 9:03STLTorey Krug: Holding2 min
  2. P1 16:00DALJacob Peterson: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 0:15STLOskar Sundqvist: Holding2 min
  4. P2 1:47STLColton Parayko: Penalty shot holding on breakaway0 min
  5. P2 5:11STLVladimir Tarasenko: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P2 6:19DALRoope Hintz: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 9:19DALJason Robertson: Slashing2 min
  8. P2 12:12DALRadek Faksa: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P2 16:38STLTorey Krug: Interference2 min
  10. P3 1:05DALJamie Benn: Slashing2 min
  11. P3 3:14DALJamie Benn: 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
48% to win52% to win
← STL attackDAL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Faksa won the faceoff against Barbashev
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLDAL
36Shots on goal33
2.8Expected goals5.1
52Shot attempts48
24Faceoffs won37
6Power plays4
8Penalty minutes12
11Hits18
8Blocked shots11
9Giveaways10
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. bestTarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas8:36

    xG 0.68–0.15 (82%)attempts 12–3goals 0–0

  2. Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou8:35

    xG 0.35–0.02 (94%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Neal – Bozak – Kostin3:30

    xG 0.00–0.09 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

  4. Saad – Sundqvist – Barbashev8:02

    xG 0.01–0.63 (2%)attempts 1–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKrug – Parayko12:52

    xG 0.77–0.58 (57%)attempts 14–8goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Scandella9:07

    xG 0.35–0.18 (66%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Parayko2:57

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

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestSeguin – Glendening – Kiviranta6:28

    xG 0.46–0.20 (69%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson9:12

    xG 0.26–0.20 (57%)attempts 8–5goals 0–0

  3. Benn – Raffl – Gurianov6:17

    xG 0.07–0.15 (33%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

  4. Radulov – Faksa – Peterson6:47

    xG 0.06–0.16 (26%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestKlingberg – Lindell2:29

    xG 0.37–0.05 (88%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  2. Hakanpää – Hanley7:57

    xG 0.17–0.01 (92%)attempts 6–2goals 0–0

  3. Suter – Klingberg12:41

    xG 0.67–0.57 (54%)attempts 9–11goals 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 5.1 xGSTL 2.8 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

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 35/100 · #901 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.19 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50DAL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +23 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 83% 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).