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Sun, Jan 9, 2022·Enterprise Center, St. Louis

Dallas Stars 1, St. Louis Blues 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 51% of the time.

STL winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL0711208127
STL01005216231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 9:13DALJason RobertsonAssists: Joe Pavelski, Miro Heiskanen · Wrist, 0.12 xG1–0
  2. P3 19:13STLRyan O'ReillyPPAssists: Torey Krug, Jordan Kyrou · Wrist, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. P3 19:31STLJordan KyrouPPGWGAssists: Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–2
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 8:26DALMiro Heiskanen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P2 0:55STLNiko Mikkola: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 11:24DALJohn Klingberg: High sticking2 min
  4. P2 15:30DALJamie Benn: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 19:34STLRobert Thomas: Slashing2 min
  6. P3 14:59STLDavid Perron: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 18:08DALJani Hakanpää: Hooking2 min · PPG
  8. P3 19:13DALMiro Heiskanen: Slashing2 min · PPG

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
48% to win52% to win
← DAL attackSTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Glendening won the faceoff against Sundqvist
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALSTL
27Shots on goal31
2.9Expected goals2.9
44Shot attempts58
26Faceoffs won23
3Power plays5
10Penalty minutes6
17Hits21
14Blocked shots7
8Giveaways7
17Takeaways6

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. bestGlendening – Faksa – Raffl8:26

    xG 0.66–0.42 (61%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson8:59

    xG 0.61–0.52 (54%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Radulov – Peterson – Kiviranta8:18

    xG 0.26–0.26 (50%)attempts 4–8goals 0–0

  4. Benn – Seguin – Gurianov7:36

    xG 0.27–0.44 (38%)attempts 4–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSuter – Heiskanen16:06

    xG 0.86–0.70 (55%)attempts 13–17goals 1–0

  2. Hakanpää – Lindell2:50

    xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0

  3. Klingberg – Lindell13:11

    xG 0.52–0.51 (50%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestO'Reilly – Buchnevich – Barbashev9:07

    xG 0.45–0.26 (63%)attempts 14–5goals 0–1

  2. Schenn – Kyrou – Thomas10:29

    xG 0.52–0.57 (48%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Perron – Saad – Sundqvist9:52

    xG 0.16–0.26 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Bozak – Brown – Kostin5:43

    xG 0.13–0.30 (30%)attempts 3–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestParayko – Mikkola14:40

    xG 0.74–0.50 (59%)attempts 16–9goals 0–0

  2. Bortuzzo – Scandella7:52

    xG 0.27–0.05 (84%)attempts 9–1goals 0–0

  3. Faulk – Krug15:33

    xG 0.54–1.27 (30%)attempts 11–16goals 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.

STL 2.9 xGDAL 2.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

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 58/100 · #623 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 5% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50STL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +63 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 51% 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).